Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos

Cian John McLaughlin
McLaughlin, date, approximate 2021; McLaughlin's tattoos; Some of McLaughlin's belongings
Date Missing 06/08/2021
Missing From
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Missing Classification Lost/Injured Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Age 27 years old
Height and Weight 6'0, 180 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A white short-sleeved shirt, shorts, hiking boots, a bucket hat, a red Apple watch on his right wrist, a silver chain necklace with a U-shaped pendant, and sunglasses with gold wire frames and rounded lenses. Carrying a red iPhone 12 mini. Photos of some items similar to these are posted with this summary.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. McLaughlin had a mustache at the time of hier disappearance. He has a tattoo of a vase on the back of his right upper arm, a small tattoo of a pair of dice on the inside of his right forearm near the elbow, and a tattoo of a red, white and blue ribbon with blue squares on his right forearm. Photos of some of the tattoos are posted with this summary. McLaughlin is an Irish citizen and speaks with an Irish accent.
Details of Disappearance McLaughlin was last seen at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on June 8, 2021. He entered via the Moose Entrance Station at 2:15 p.m. His cellular phone last pinged in the area of Teton Park Road near Cottonwood Creek. He has never been heard from again.
During the search, a witness, Heather Mycoskie, provided false information to the authorities. She said she'd seen McLaughlin in the late afternoon/early evening hours on the day of his disappearance, hiking on the south side of the Bradley-Taggart moraine. Mycoskie said she'd talked with McLaughlin and he told her he was from Ireland and currently living in Jackson, Wyoming. She said he told her he was headed south towards Taggart Lake and planned to jump off his favorite rock into the water.
The sighting and conversation turned out to be fabricated, however. All the other sightings placed McLaughlin on the trail system leading to the Garnet Canyon, Surprise Lake, Ampitheater Lake and Delta Lake. McLaughlin had also searched online for information about Delta Lake just before his hike.
Mycoskie was charged with filing a false report. In a deferred prosecution agreement, she was banned from Grand Teton National Park for five years and agreed to pay $17,600 in restitution for the expenses the authorities incurred while searching for McLaughlin in the wrong place.
McLaughlin's family stated he enjoys outdoor pursuits and had decided to live in Wyoming so he could be close to nature. During the winter months he worked as a snowboard instructor, and in the summer he worked at a bar. He was very familiar with the trail he was taking and it wasn't considered to be a difficult trail.
An extensive search of the park turned up no indication of his whereabouts. He's presumed to have met with a mishap in the wilderness.
Investigating Agency
National Park Service - Grand Teton
307-739-3301
Other
NamUs
Wyoming Missing Persons
Cian McLaughlin's Facebook Page
RTE

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Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos