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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.

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Ruvil Hale

Hale, date, approximate 1990
Date Missing 07/03/1990
Missing From
Johnson County, Kentucky
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
White
Date of Birth 01/21/1947 (75)
Age 43 years old
Height and Weight 6'1, 208 pounds
Medical Conditions Hale was being treated for a brain aneurysm at the time of his disappearance, and had an open skull injury. He has also previously suffered a stroke. He had seizures, severe headaches, muscular weakness especially in his legs, poor coordination, memory loss, a paralyzed throat that caused him to choke easily, drastic mood swings, and double vision at the time he vanished, and he responded slowly. He needs multiple medications and round-the-clock are to control his conditions. He is classified as disabled.
Associated Vehicle(s) 1988 Ford Tempo
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Hale may spell his name "Ruble." He has previously fractured his skull and his arm. His gallbladder is missing. Hale's left arm is crippled. He has scars on his head and abdomen and a discoloration on his right cheek. Hale smoked cigarettes in 1990.
Details of Disappearance Hale was last seen at the Paintsville Health Care Center, a nursing home in Johnson County, Kentucky, on July 3, 1990. He disappeared at around 10:25 a.m., at the same time that a 1988 Ford Tempo was stolen from the parking lot of Druthers Restaurant, next door to the nursing home.
Witnesses reported a gray-haired man with eyeglasses drove the vehicle south towards Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Police suspected Hale stole the car, but his caregivers say he would have been physically incapable of driving far, especially without his medication.
Hale did not have his medicine with him at the time of his disappearance, and he had only $2 in cash. He received disability payments and never cashed his last check. The Ford he may have taken had half a tank of gasoline at the time it was stolen.
The Hale family believes foul play was involved in his disappearance; they think he was murdered by someone connected with the nursing home. A private investigator hired by the family believed Hale found out about a scam some of the nursing home employees were involved in, and was killed in order to silence him. However, this theory remains unverified and no one was charged in the alleged scam.
Hale had been a coal miner for thePeter Cave Coal Company, but an injury put him out of work. He was declared ly dead in 1996. He and the missing car have never been located.
Investigating Agency
Kentucky State Police
606-433-7711
Other
The Doe Network
The Big Sandy News
Unsolved Appalachia

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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