Officers investigate footprints near Lincolnway and Cavin, Ligonier IN
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Missing PersonOfficers are investigating footprints and tracks in the snow near Lincolnway and Cavin streets to determine if they relate to a missing or suspicious person. The tracks appear to indicate movement in several directions. The individual is described as tall and skinny and is believed to be a semi-homeless male who frequents the area. Officers are checking local locations including the old fire department where the person is known to hang out. No fresh tracks or matching vehicles have been confirmed further north.
Audio|Heard on: Noble County Public Safety
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05:11
Transcript:
00:00
Reference our conversation.
00:01
I have old footprints that appear to have come and gone, but they're so old that I can't make out if they're the same.
00:17
Okay, Claire.
00:18
I think we haven't had enough snow since I took those photographs for anything to be covered, so I would imagine it's probably not him.
00:32
Thank you. Four, ten.
00:36
Go ahead.
00:41
Is it possible that those tracks went north after they went across Lincoln Way, or even from the grocery store?
00:51
Noel County, 904.
00:53
Ninety Four.
00:56
Unless he was on the street,
00:59
I did not see them go north on the sidewalk.
01:02
I told all of me as their back of the service.
01:05
Final course.
01:07
Okay clear that.
01:09
Maylon think enough has, you can stay in sometimes at 200 water,
01:14
sometimes out here.
01:20
Once you get to the store,
01:22
if the tracks that are westbound are still visible,
01:28
you can tell he kind of, he was either planning to go west or south.
01:33
Yep.
01:34
I think he would have just kept through the parking lot to go north that doesn't make any sense to round that corner off.
01:41
Perfect.
01:46
I think you can close out this suspicious vehicle I've been setting in this January for about 20 minutes now.
01:52
UTIL and a black Cadillacs.
01:55
Forreston.
01:59
Good.
02:05
Examining those same tracks you were talking about now.
02:08
It looks like he has gone south on Lincoln Way, but it almost looks like he also came back.
02:15
The freshest track's coat went south and then he went back northbound.
02:21
Okay, clear.
02:28
I've got very fresh tracks, now northbound through the parking lot, down the sidewalk on South Cabin.
02:40
34.
02:41
Good.
02:47
The folks that you talked to said this individual is really tall, is that correct?
02:52
From me, they advise tall and skinny.
02:59
Ken, I almost wonder if it's not Mr.
03:02
Franklin.
03:07
That was sort of my guess as well.
03:11
I guess I'm not sure who we're talking about.
03:18
A semi-homeless male makes his way all throughout town,
03:23
all hours.
03:25
Okay, Claire, I'm driving downtown now, see if I can find someone walking.
03:32
Novocaine L3, the torture company is 1023.
03:37
L30.
03:42
4.10.
03:44
All right.
03:49
Cavin and Pigeon, I do not have any tracks that are fresh.
03:55
There's plenty of tracks on the sidewalks, obviously, all the way from 6th through downtown, so he wouldn't have gone north, at least on the side of the road.
04:04
There's so on 20.
04:06
Okay, I'm going to check the restrooms at the old fire department.
04:10
That's where the individual we've been talking about likes to hang out.
04:15
Not (name withheld), right?
04:18
I spoke with the Topeka officer.
04:22
He cleared down to 1,100 north in our county.
04:25
He didn't see any vehicles matching that description.
04:28
He advised he was going to check some of the businesses in town.
04:33
That's who I'm thinking of.
04:34
I had the last name wrong.
04:36
Okay, he is squatting near South Cavin.
04:41
I also drove from 6 to 1,100 north, didn't locate anything.
04:48
I also checked the Nature Preserve up here from UTL.
04:52
You can go ahead and show me 10a.
04:55
Okay, clear.
04:57
Okay.
04:59
I'll go see if he's up there.
05:01
4 or 5, but it's 21, I met.
05:05
221, whichever one's the...
05:08
I can't remember his name.
05:10
One very across from M3.
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S Cavin St & Lincolnway W, Ligonier, IN 46767
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