Thomas Schulte Missing Person Case

Mar 14, 2023

Mar 14, 2023

Thomas

Schulte

72

63

70 inches

170 lbs

195 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

In May of 2017, 63-year-old Thomas Allen Schulte, a man who had chosen a transient lifestyle for most of his adult life, made a phone call to a family member from somewhere in Texas. This was a familiar, yearly ritual, a way for Thomas to let his loved ones know he was alright as he moved between the warmer climates of states like Texas, Arizona, and Florida. He was a man who lived on his own terms, embracing a homeless existence by choice. His family had come to expect these annual check-ins as a sign that he was safe, a comforting, if infrequent, connection to their wandering relative. However, the call in 2017 would be the last time they heard from him for a long while, marking the beginning of a period of silent uncertainty. As the months turned into a year, and then longer, with no word from Thomas, the family's concern grew into palpable worry. The familiar annual phone call never came. This prolonged silence was uncharacteristic, a deviation from his established pattern that suggested something might be wrong. The lack of contact was distressing for his relatives, who, despite his chosen lifestyle, held onto that yearly connection. Finally, with no other options and their apprehension mounting, the family made the difficult decision to officially report him as a missing person. The report was filed with the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Stillwater, Minnesota, formally setting in motion an attempt to find a man who, by his nature, was difficult to track. The investigation into Thomas's whereabouts was inherently challenging given his transient life. With no fixed address and a known history of traveling across vast distances, pinpointing his last known location with any precision beyond "Texas" was a significant hurdle. His family provided what little information they had, describing his habits and the regions he was known to frequent. For years, his case remained open, a quiet file in a sheriff's office far from where he was last heard from. Then, in a welcome turn of events, the period of not knowing came to an end. Thomas Allen Schulte was located and found to be alive. While the specific details and date of his discovery are not widely known, the resolution brought immense relief to the family who had waited so long for any news, closing a painful chapter of ambiguity.

May 01, 2017

unknown

Texas

Anderson County

No

123891

Washington County Sheriff's Office

Stillwater

Minnesota

Washington County

55082

Nicholas Sullivan

Detective

15015 62nd Street North, Minnesota

6514399381

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.co.washington.mn.us/468/Sheriffs-Office

WC23011218

2023-03-07

Washington County Sheriff's Office

na

Gray or Partially Gray

Blue

Blue

09/13/2026