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Harold "J.R." Molohon, a 62-year-old retired firefighter and surfing enthusiast, was last seen on August 3, 2015, in Norfolk, Virginia. He had dropped his wife off at her workplace that morning and was spotted by a neighbor leaving home around 10:30 a.m. in his black 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck, with his surfboard in the back. Harold was supposed to attend a doctor's appointment later that day, but he never showed up. When his wife returned home that afternoon, he was missing, an ...Read More
Last Seen: Aug 03, 2015

Victim Details

Aug 07, 2015

Dec 20, 2023

Harold

Molohon

71

62

68 inches

69 inches

180 lbs

190 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

On August 3, 2015, 63-year-old Harold Eugene Molohon, a male resident of Norfolk, Virginia, vanished, leaving his loved ones with unanswered questions. Harold, a man with blondish, strawberry-blond hair cut short and spiky, a mustache, and blue eyes, was last seen leaving his home in the 1500 block of West 40th Street. Standing between 5-feet-8-inches and 5-feet-9-inches tall and weighing around 180 to 190 pounds, he has a distinctive tattoo on his left arm of the word "NOHA." The circumstances surrounding his disappearance began when he left his residence, and what followed has become a prolonged and troubling mystery for his family and investigators. Concerns for Harold's welfare grew significantly when his vehicle was discovered abandoned two days after he was last seen. The car was found on the beach in Corolla, North Carolina, a coastal town miles from his Virginia home, adding a perplexing layer to the investigation. The discovery of the abandoned vehicle in another state, and in such a specific, public location, raised immediate red flags and broadened the geographical scope of the search. Authorities from the Norfolk Police Department were alerted, and an official missing person report was filed, formally launching an investigation into his whereabouts. His family has endured a long period of uncertainty, holding onto hope for answers while grappling with the distressing lack of information about what happened to him. The investigation into Harold Molohon's disappearance has remained active, though details about specific leads or persons of interest have not been widely publicized. His case is documented in national missing persons databases, and DNA from his brother has been submitted to aid in potential identification efforts. The central mystery of the case continues to be how and why his vehicle ended up abandoned on a North Carolina beach and what became of Harold after he left his Norfolk home. Without any clear indications of his state of mind or intended destination, investigators and his family are left to piece together the sparse clues in the hopes of one day understanding the full story behind his sudden and mystifying disappearance. The case remains a poignant reminder of the enduring pain and ambiguity that surrounds so many missing person cases, leaving a family to navigate a future without their loved one and without the closure of knowing his fate.

Aug 03, 2015

Norfolk

Virginia

Norfolk City

17028

Norfolk Police Department

Norfolk

Virginia

Norfolk City

23510

Nicholas Marcus

Sgt.

100 Brooke Avenue, Virginia

7576643277

Local

Law Enforcement

150803000097

2015-08-03

Norfolk Police Department

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

06/18/2026


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