Missing
Mitchell Todd Hein
Hein, approximately 1983
Date and time person was reported missing : 03/01/1983
Missing location (approx) :
Golden, Colorado
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 10/31/1960 (60)
Age at the time of disappearance: 22 years old
Height / Weight : 6'0, 170 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A flannel shirt, tattered jeans, and work boots or sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Hein's hair is naturally curly; it was bushy and unkempt at the time of his disappearance, and he had a full beard. Hein has a large surgical scar on his knee.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Hein moved out his parents' Golden, Colorado home in 1980. For the next three years he traveled extensively and worked odd jobs, including rebuilding boats, working in oil fields and repairing cars. He was known to have visited Houston, Texas; Galveston, Texas; Clinton, Oklahoma; Neosho, Missouri; and Indio; California.
Hein kept in touch with his family by postcard, and would visit his parents during the Christmas holidays every year.
In December 1982, Hein visited Colorado again, but left abruptly in January or February 1983 without saying goodbye to anyone. He was carrying his clothing and belongings in a black garbAge at the time of disappearance: bag when he left.
According to one of his friends, Hein went to Clinton, Oklahoma. In early March 1983 he hitched a ride to California with his friend's father. They stopped to spend the night in Indio, California and that night, Hein left the hotel room and never returned. He has never been heard from again.
Hein is described as "anti-establishment" and may have been involved with drugs in 1983. He reportedly threw away his Social Security card and driver's license and may have no identification with him. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are unclear. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies state he disappeared in 1986.
Other information and links : ncy
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
303-277-0211
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
The Doe Network
October 12, 2004. July 13, 2006; date of disappearance corrected, picture and clothing description added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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