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Russell Bovit Missing Person Case

Last seen in Walden, Vermont on May 11, 1986

Victim Details

May 19, 2009

Jun 24, 2022

Russell

Bovit

70

30

71 inches

73 inches

155 lbs

165 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

May 11, 1986

Walden

Vermont

Caledonia County

05873

20283

Vermont State Police - Bradford

Bradford

Vermont

Orange County

05033

1594 Waits River Road, Vermont

8022224680

State

Law Enforcement

https://vsp.vermont.gov/stations/stjohnsbury

86-05093; 05B104564

Vermont State Police - Bradford

7503

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

07/27/2026


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Russell Bovit, a 30-year-old man from Walden, Vermont, was last seen on the evening of May 6, 1986, at his dairy farm, Last Resort Farm. He was supposed to attend an 8:00 a.m. real estate meeting the next day but never showed up. His disappearance was reported on May 11 after his car, a light blue 1974 Renault, was found abandoned and stuck in the mud four miles from his farm. Blood was discovered in the trunk and on the passenger side of the car, as well as on Bovit's mattress, which had b ...
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Last Seen: May 11, 1986

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