Missing / Located Persons > Northern Plains: MN, ND, and SD
Missing Man: Eric Haider--ND--05/22/2012
LoriDavis:
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=57310
Bismarck Man Missing in Dickinson
Joel Porter | 5/27/2012
Dickinson police are searching for a man they say went missing last week.
Police say 30-year-old Eric Haider from Bismarck was last seen at around noon on Thursday.
Haider was working at a jobsite at Baker Hughes north of Dickinson.
Both police and the Stark County sheriff`s department are joining the Dickinson rural fire department to conduct a ground search.
Haider is described as 6-foot-1, around 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
They say he has multiple tattoos.
His coworkers say he doesn`t have a vehicle since he had carpooled to Dickinson.
If you have any information, you`re asked to contact the Dickinson Police Department at 701-456-7762.
LoriDavis:
http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/161803/group/homepage/
Dickinson police look for missing man
The Dickinson Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing 30-year-old man.
Published May 28, 2012, 06:09 AM
By: April Baumgarten, Forum Communications Co., The Jamestown Sun
The Dickinson Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing 30-year-old man.
Eric Haider of Bismarck was last seen at approximately 12:15 p.m. Thursday at a worksite near Baker Hughes north of Dickinson, N.D., according to a press release from the DPD. He is approximately 6-foot-1 and 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing dark work clothes and has multiple tattoos.
He also has various medical issues and concerns and does not have transportation in the area as he car-pooled to Dickinson from Bismarck.
Haider came to Dickinson with a plumbing company to work, said Ashley Anderson, Haider’s friend of Bismarck. His girlfriend, Jody Hewson of Lincoln, reported him missing.
“I’m pretty sick to my stomach,” she said.
Hewson last talked to Haider at noon Thursday, adding she doesn’t go very long without talking to him. Anderson’s fiancé and Haider’s friend, Rick Lemke of Bismarck, texted him between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. that morning.
“It’s not like him to do this,” Hewson said. “It’s weird. Nobody vanishes out of thin air in broad daylight.”
Haider has a pacemaker, and Lemke thought the police could track him using it. The pacemaker does not have a defibrillator, and the DPD cannot trace him.
Haider is not a danger to the public and the police are looking for him for his own welfare, DPD Capt. Joe Cianni
Lemke got the impression from the company that Haider walked off the site to cash a check. He mentioned telling the DPD to ask businesses to check cameras for him. He added since he didn’t have a car and he left his belongings at work, it was not likely he would just walk off the job.
“I don’t understand what happened here,” he said. “The last thing I can see him doing is deciding, ‘Hey, I’m walking off the job.’ A lot of it just doesn’t make any sense.”
Hewson and Lemke said the police have no leads as to what happened to him. She and her friends have made posters and have posted them on Facebook. Anderson said they were coming to Dickinson to post them around town.
If anyone has seen or heard from Haider, contact the Dickinson Police Department at 701-456-7762. Anyone who wants to help hang up signs and look for Haider can call Lemke at 701-595-2947.
Shannon:
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/dickinson-police-use-dog-to-search-for-missing-bismarck-man/article_e36f3ef0-a9b9-11e1-b16a-001a4bcf887a.html
Dickinson police use dog to search for missing Bismarck man
By JENNY MICHAEL
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:11 pm
A missing Bismarck man’s girlfriend says there still is no sign of Eric Haider, who hasn’t been seen or heard from since Thursday.
Jody Hewson, Haider’s girlfriend, said Dickinson police brought in a dog from South Dakota to help search for Haider. A release from the Dickinson Police Department Tuesday afternoon said the dogs, from Dakota Territory Search Dogs of Conde, S.D., searched the work site where Haider was last seen. Nothing had been found as of 2:30 p.m. MDT.
Haider, 30, was last seen at approximately noon Thursday at a Dickinson-area construction site where he had been working with a plumbing company. That’s also when Hewson, who reported Haider missing, last spoke to him.
Investigators were in Bismarck over the weekend speaking with Haider’s coworkers and family. Tuesday, investigators interviewed the workers who were on-site at the time of Haider’s disappearance. Excavation of any areas where there were open trenches or pits which had been filled on the day Haider disappeared is planned.
Haider has a pacemaker, but Hewson assumes if something went wrong with it someone would have found Haider by now. She said he has to take a blood thinner and high blood pressure medication daily, both of which are still at Hewson’s home.
Haider doesn’t have a car and left his belongings at work.
Hewson said a Facebook page putting out information about Haider’s disappearance, called “Eric Haider - we want you home!”, now has more than 8,000 members.
Haider is described as about 6-feet-3-inch tall, weighing 165 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Haider was wearing dark work clothes and has multiple tattoos. Hewson said Haider also was wearing a yellow hard hat.
Anyone who has seen or heard from Haider is asked to call the Dickinson Police Department at 701-456-7762.
The police department has asked the public to avoid the search area to allow investigators and workers to do their jobs.
Shannon:
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/58567/
One week later: Haider still missing
Published June 01, 2012, 12:00 AM
By: April Baumgarten
One week has passed since a Bismarck man went missing from a work site north of Dickinson. Though the Dickinson Police Department suspended its search at the site Thursday, more than 25,000 people are following his story on Facebook, and police have ruled nothing out.
Eric Haider, 30, was last seen May 24, where he was working for Cofell’s Plumbing and Heating Inc. of Bismarck.
He has medical issues including a pacemaker, and DPD Capt. David Wilkie said officers haven’t ruled out any factors — they have taken his criminal history into consideration.
“The family tells us he had a strong family life and he had a strong relationship with his girlfriend,” Wilkie said. “We can’t find a motive or a reason he would have walked away from his life, but that is your option as a 30-year-old.”
The Burleigh County District Court reopened three cases against Haider on May 2 because he owes $1,225 in fees. A hearing is set for June 7. Charges include drug offenses, operating a vehicle under the influence and eluding police.
Bismarck friend and family representative Rick Lemke said Thursday that Haider and the family knew about the fines.
“There aren’t any of us that believe that he just vanished into thin air and didn’t at least let somebody know about it,” Lemke said, adding they thought he would likely get an extension on the payments.
The DPD has received “a couple” calls from people who claim they saw him anywhere from 100 to 1,000 miles away, Wilkie said, adding sightings have not been confirmed.
“We are checking out everything that comes in,” he said. “Right now it is just about getting the word out and trying to develop these tips.”
Police interviewed friends, family and co-workers. They have conducted a dog search and excavated the work site, Wilkie said, adding police are confident Haider is not at the site, though they could revisit it.
“It’s been a week and we have nothing,” said Haider’s fiancée, Jody Hewson, who reported him missing.
Haider last made a call from his cellphone Thursday. His phone is turned off making it impossible to track, Wilkie said.
It is amazing how many people are following the Facebook page, said friend Ashley Anderson of Bismarck.
“There are constantly people sending prayers,” she said. “We had people posting saying they are in California, Texas, New Jersey, Canada and pretty much everywhere in between.”
Anderson created “Eric Haider — we want you home!” Saturday as a way to share information about Haider’s disappearance. The group grew to 8,000 members by Wednesday. By the end of the day, the group jumped to almost 20,000 and continues to attract attention across the country.
“It’s pretty amazing to have the support of people you don’t even know and everybody is backing us,” Hewson said. “It’s pretty cool how fast the word is spreading.”
Lemke also created a group called “Eric Haider reward page” Saturday. People have pledged more than $5,300 toward a reward for information leading to Haider’s whereabouts.
Anderson said he could be anywhere, whether he walked away, was kidnapped or is at the site.
“There’s a good chance Eric is not even in North Dakota anymore,” Anderson said.
Wilkie asks anyone with information to call the DPD at 701-456-7762.
LoriDavis:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/16fa100696c44c9d9a9d36a9eb966522/ND--Missing-Man
Dickinson police halt search for missing Bismarck man at construction worksite
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: May 31, 2012 - 4:37 pm
Last Updated: May 31, 2012 - 4:41 pm
DICKINSON, N.D. — Authorities have suspended a search for a man who went missing from a work site in southwestern North Dakota but will continue to check out leads and possible sightings.
Thirty-year-old Eric Haider (HY'-dur) of Bismarck was last seen a week ago at a Dickinson-area construction site where he had been working with a plumbing company.
Dickinson Police Department Capt. David Wilkie tells The Dickinson Press (http://bit.ly/McFxnq ) that search dogs left Wednesday and the site was returned to Tooz Construction Inc.
Wilkie says the search could resume at the site in the future.
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