Rutabaga Harvesters are interested in what appears to be a possible pattern of missing men, including a significant number in the upper midwest, where our Home Office is located. For years there has been rumor (or else an alarming string of coincidences) of a serial killer who may pass through the area, leaving behind a wake of missing persons cases with eerily similar signatures, in which a young adult male, often but not exclusively having partaken in alcoholic activities, suddenly disappears, and traces of the victim are found in or near local waters, which have included the Mississippi River, the Baraboo River, and Lake Superior. Below is a link to "Footprints at the River's Edge," a blog that both traces cases old and new which share the common elements of missing young men and local waters.
Footprints At The River's Edge: 01/17/10: Sylvester McCurry Jr., Superior, WI
If you share the Harvest's interest, we hope you will make an effort to study the cases, and perhaps even volunteer to post fliers, by going to the website and following directions for volunteering efforts. Perhaps one of our readers may hold the clue to solve a case or, even better, find one of the missing. In any case, we can all help to keep the collective memories alive.
--RHLJ
