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In the late spring of 1988, a quiet disappearance in Allen Parish, Louisiana, left a family searching for answers that have yet to come. Elter Lawrence Deshotel, a 54-year-old man known to his friends and family as Jack, was last seen on the morning of May 15th. He was at his home on South River Road, just outside the small community of Oberlin. A man of routine and simple pleasures, Deshotel was preparing for a familiar activity: picking huckleberries. He was dressed for the outdoors in a white ...Read More
Last Seen: May 15, 1988

Victim Details

Feb 25, 2019

Oct 06, 2022

Elter

Deshotel

90

54

67 inches

175 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

May 15, 1988

Oberlin

Louisiana

Allen Parish

No

48393

Allen Parish Sheriff's Office

Oberlin

Louisiana

Allen Parish

70655

sheila laird

detective

7340 LA-26, Oberlin, LA 70655, Louisiana

3376394353

County

Law Enforcement

http://allenparishso.org/

88--0372

1988-05-15

Allen Parish Sheriff's Office

na

Gray or Partially Gray

Blue

Blue

06/10/2026


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