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Jul 15, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
Howard
Woolwine
99
73
68 inches
200 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
On the morning of August 15, 1998, 73-year-old Howard Kenneth Woolwine was last seen at the Hairston Home for Adults, a residential care facility in Martinsville, Virginia. At approximately 6:15 a.m., he walked out of the rear door of the facility and vanished. At the time of his disappearance, Woolwine was described as a white male with gray hair and brown eyes, standing at 5'8" and weighing around 180 to 200 pounds. He was reportedly wearing a light-colored shirt, dark blue pants, black suspenders, and brown loafers. Concerns for his welfare were heightened due to several medical conditions he was managing, including Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, which required medication. These conditions also affected his mobility, causing him to shuffle his feet when he walked. Following his disappearance, an extensive search was launched in an effort to locate him, but these efforts yielded no clues as to his whereabouts. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are limited, with the primary detail being that he simply walked away from the residential care facility and was never heard from again. The Martinsville Police Department opened an investigation into his case, but years have passed without any significant leads or developments. The case of Howard Woolwine is a long-standing and unresolved one, leaving his family and community without answers for decades. Despite the passage of time, his case remains open. The lack of available information and the absence of any contact since that August morning in 1998 have left a void in the lives of those who knew him. The overview of the case is a somber one: an elderly man with significant health challenges walked out of a care facility and was never seen again, and despite searches and investigations, what happened to him remains a mystery.
Aug 15, 1998
Martinsville
Virginia
Martinsville City
24112
No
87709
Martinsville Police Department
Martinsville
Virginia
Martinsville City
24112
Sandy Hines
Lieutenant
55 West Church St., Virginia
2766388751
Local
Law Enforcement
19980815003
2020-07-15
Martinsville Police Department
Gray or Partially Gray
Brown
Brown
06/17/2026
