Missing
Theodore Leonard Dengerud
Dengerud, approximately 1982
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/03/1982
Missing location (approx) :
Sunburg, Minnesota
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 11/08/1951 (69)
Age at the time of disappearance: 30 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8 - 5'9, 195 pounds
Medical conditions : Dengerud was in a car accident just before he disappeared and may have sustained injuries, particularly head injuries.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Black/brown hair, blue eyes. Dengerud had a thick mustache at the time of his disappearance. His nicknames are Ted and Teddy. He broke his left ankle in 1973, nine years before his disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Dengerud was last seen in Sunburg, Minnesota at 11:00 p.m. on April 3, 1982. He was on his way to pick up his wife at her sister's house. He was unfamiliar with the area and stopped at an elderly couple's home to ask for directions. They are the last people known to have seen him before he went missing.
Dengerud was apparently involved in a single-car accident at a T-shaped intersection in a rural area west of town. His vehicle was found crashed against a small tree. Authorities believe he hit his head on the windshield during the collision. There was no sign of him at the crash site and he has never been heard from again.
There were possible sightings of him in the St. Bonifacius, Minnesota area after his disappearance, but none of these reports were confirmed. St. Bonifacius is just over 100 miles from Sunburg.
Dengerud resided in New London, Minnesota in 1982. He had been married for three years by the time of his disappearance, and had a young daughter. He served in the Vietnam War and, at the time he went missing, worked as a subcontractor.
Dengerud has relatives in Onamia, Minnesota; Cannon Falls, Minnesota; and Tallahassee, Florida. His family believes he may be suffering from amnesia and may be using an alias name.
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October 12, 2004. February 7, 2011; alternate height added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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