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Richard Harvell










Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021


Harvell, approximately 2015




Date reported missing : 10/15/2015

Missing location (approx) :
Kern County, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White


DOB : 03/31/1948 (73)
Age at the time of disappearance: 67 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 185 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.





Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Harvell was last seen in Kern County, California on October 15, 2015. He lived in Boron, California and was camping with a friend in the Mojave Desert at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains at the time of his disappearance.
He and his friend were eating inside their camping trailer near 150th Street and Highgate Avenue when a thunderstorm began late in the evening. The storm caused a flash flood that swept water, mud, sand and other debris down the mountainside, damaging hundreds of homes and trapping more than 100 vehicles four to six feet deep.
Harvell went outside in knee-deep water to try and move his truck to safety, when a boulder hit him and he was knocked down and swept away. The truck was carried only a short distance by the flood, but Harvell vanished.
Harvell, a Vietnam War veteran, was the youngest of fifteen siblings in his family, and fathered six of his own children. He worked at building fences and other construction projects and spent several days at a week at his mobile home; his family stated he preferred mountains and wilderness areas.
At least one other individual died in the flood. This victim was recovered, but Harvell's has never been found in spite of an extensive search.


Other information and links : ncy

Kern County Sheriff's Department
661-391-7623



September 2021 updates and sources

California Attorney General's Office
The Kern Golden Empire
The Los Angeles Times
The Antelope Valley Press
CBS News
KBAK & KBFX Eyewitness News




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