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On December 4, 2001, 18-year-old Kyle Chapman and two fellow Kansas State University students, Christopher Shipley, 18, and Timothy Michael Bennett, 19, went missing in Riley County, Kansas. The three friends, all experienced sailors and qualified sailing instructors, decided to take Chapman's yellow fifteen-foot racing sailboat out on Tuttle Creek Lake after their classes. They departed from the Blue Valley Yacht Club in the Tuttle Cove area, leaving their shoes on the dock, and were last seen ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 04, 2001
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Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Kyle

Chapman

18

18

6'0 inches

150 lbs

White

Male

Dec 04, 2001

Riley County

Kansas

Riley County

Riley County Police Department

01/27/2026