Missing Man: Randy Spring--CA--10/10/1988

[Kelly]

Project Jason Profile:



Name:  Randy Spring

Date of Birth:  01/25/1960
Date Missing:  10/10/1988
Age at time of disappearance:  28
City Missing From:  Whitewater
State Missing From:  CA
Gender:  Male
Race:  White
Height:  5'11"
Weight:  180
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green
Complexion: Some acne

Identifying Characteristics:  No tattoos  

Clothing: Last seen wearing camouflage pants, dark T-shirt and a army green jacket

Circumstances of Disappearance: Randy was last seen approx 6:30am on Oct 10, 1988 after being dropped by his mother at Interstate 10 and the Whitewater cutoff. He had his Army back pack containing some food in tupperware. Randy said was going hiking in the San Jacinto moutains. He was never seen or heard from again. Searches by law enforcement and private sources resulted in no trace found. Randy had survival training in the Army and worked for California Dept of Forestry. He was also a volunteer firefighter for Bostonia CA fire dept.


Medical Conditions: None, healthy
 
Investigative Agency: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
Agency Phone:  (951) 922-7100
Investigative Case #:  B R88293005

Print a poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_RandySpring.pdf

[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

A new age progression photo was provided by the family:


Progressed to age 49

[Kelly]

A Project Jason Press Release:

New Age-Progression Photo Released for Randy Spring, Man Missing From Whitewater, California
Search continues for young man missing since 1988, new photo appearing in media brings hope to grieving family


WHIITEWATER, CALIFORNIA - (July 9, 2009) - A new age progression photograph has been released by the family of Randy Spring, a Whitewater, California resident who has been missing for 21 years. Spring was 28 years old when he disappeared. He was last seen on Oct 10, 1988 after being dropped by his mother at Interstate 10 and the Whitewater cutoff. He had his Army back pack containing some food in Tupperware.

Randy said he was going hiking in the San Jacinto Mountains. He was never seen or heard from again. Searches by law enforcement and private sources resulted in no trace found. Randy had survival training in the Army and worked for California Dept. of Forestry. He was also a volunteer firefighter for Bostonia, CA fire dept.
 
His mother, Arlene Spring, says the new age progression could result in someone recognizing her son, or perhaps someone will realize they have information that could help finally answer the question of what happened to her son Randy.

“It is very possible that someone, somewhere, will see this age progression and will be able to help me find my son,” said Arlene Spring. “This new photo gives us a renewed hope that we can finally get some answers.”�
 
“One in six missing persons is found as a result of a visual aid, such as a billboard or a poster,” said Kelly Jolkowski, founder and president of Project Jason, a nonprofit organization that assists families of missing persons. “When someone has been missing long enough that their appearance has changed with age,” continued Jolkowski, “age progression photography is vital to helping law enforcement and the public identify them.”
 
The new age progression shows what Randy Spring should look like now, in his late 40s. The age progression photography was provided by Phojoe, whose work has been featured on CNN, Fox, ABC, and in the New York Times. Through forensic compositing, Phojoe does age progression/regression to help investigators solve crimes and find missing people. This service is also available for the general public. http://phojoe.com/
 
Spring is a white male, 5’11” in height and weighing about 180 pounds at the time of his disappearance. He has blonde hair and green eyes.

If anyone has any information on him or his disappearance, they should contact the Riverside County Sheriff's Department at (951) 922-7100

The general public is encouraged to assist with the search by placing the following printable poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_RandySpring.pdf

[Jenn]

http://www.riversidesheriff.org/crime/cases/06026rcs.htm

Randy Charles Spring -

   


The photo above is a composite image of how Randy may look in 2009.

DOB: 01/25/60

    * White male
    * 5-11, 180
    * Blond collar-length hair
    * Green eyes
    * Light complexion
    * No tattoos

Last seen wearing camouflage pants, dark-colored t-shirt, army green jacket, army green backpack.

Above subject was dropped off by his mother on Tipton Rd, @ Whitewater Rd., in the Whitewater area of Riverside County on Monday, 10/10/88, at 0630 hrs. Subject was reportedly seen again at the base of the San Jacinto mountains between 1200 hrs and 1300 hrs., 10/10/88. Subject indicated that he intended to hike the northside of Mt. San Jacinto. An extensive search of the area resulted in no trace found.

Subject has been entered into NCIC as a missing person.
Dental records are available at the Department of Justice.

FILE BR88293005

Contact Information:
(951) 922-7100 or (800) 950-2444

[Kelly]

http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=67867&refresh=1

A Well-Trained Hiker Disappears
 
On October 10, 1988, Randy Spring asked to be dropped off at the intersection of Whtiewater and Interstate 10 in Riiverside, California to spend a few days hiking.  He planned to tackle the northside  of Mount San Jacinto.  Little did his family and friends now, he would never been seen again. 

Randy had been discharged from the Army and well trained in the art of survival.  In addition, he had been named Soldier of the Month, and he had earned the Army Achievement Medal as a Sargeant and an award for meritorious service for displaying exemplary professionalism when a Private.  He was interested in becoming a firefighter having completed training at the U.S. Fleet Training Center in San Diego, Calforinia and in college.  He was a volunteer for the Bostonia Fire Department  and had worked for the Department of Forestry.

Randy is described by his family as always willing to help someone who is less fortunate than him.  He was always helping his mother at home...whatever needed to be done.

Please help bring Randy Spring home to his mother, brothers and sister.

A Desperate Mother Needs Your Help

Randy's mother is 81 years old now, and she still misses him every day.  One of her bedroom walls is full of pictures of him, and she proudly displays some of his medals. Her biggest fear is that she will never see him again.

Please help bring Randy Spring home to his mother, brothers and sister.

If you have any information about the whereabouts of Randy Spring, please call 1-800-CRIME-TV.

[Kelly]

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[La Vina]

The Doe Network: Case File 1650DMCA-Randy Charles Spring

The Charley Project: Randy Charles Spring

[Denise Harrison]

Randy Spring and Daniel Reaves are the featured missing loved ones for October/November at The Garden for the Missing http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ in Second Life.



Second Life is a 3D virtual world with more than one million registered users with roughly 65,000 users on at any given moment. The Garden for the Missing features 200 interactive missing persons posters, and has been chosen as a Showcase location by Linden Lab, the company that owns Second Life.

To go to The Garden for the Missing, you can go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Remora/203/148/21  -- that link will take you to a location where you can download the program and join (it’s free).

The posters are provided by Project Jason’s Awareness Angels Network -- http://www.projectjason.org/awareness.html     

[Kelly]

Home for the Holidays 2009

Randy Spring, missing from Whitewater, CA since 10/10/1988

BRING THEM HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS


I am the mother of Randy Spring who disappeared on Oct 10,1988. Randy spent six years in the U.S. Army serving in South Korea, Colorado Springs and Hawaii. He was discharged March 1988 and we were all happy that he would be home this year for the holidays, however, things changed and Randy decided he would like to go camping and hiking in the San Jacinto Mountains, near Whitewater, CA. I took him to the place where he wanted to be dropped off and only expected him to be gone for a few days, after 10 days and no word from Randy the Sheriff Office was notified. They did a search but with no results. Randy had shown me maps where he was going but after all these years I feel he never went hiking at all. Did he meet someone or did something happen-only God knows.


I kept thinking he would come home anytime especially for Christmas as Randy always sent cards and presents for the family while he was serving in the military. The first Christmas after his disappearance I got him a new radio (boom box) and had it all set up in his room and many presents under the tree, but many Christmas have passed with no word. Randy always loved to decorate and I remember him showing us pictures of his bunk and how he decorated it for Christmas.


Randy shares a Christmas wish with Santa


I have made an album of Randy, baby pictures, school pictures and military pictures. There are pictures of his first haircut, riding the merry-go-round and sitting in his rocking chair. One Christmas when he got his first bike with training wheels, getting his hot wheels and Randy and his brother, Rick playing on the floor with them, visiting Santa Claus. Have many Christmas cards Randy made in school “Merry Christmas Mom from Randy”; one reads “Merry Christmas Mother” From Randy to Mom. He made a Valentine that reads “Be My Valentine I love you.” You know it.


New bike!


I will never give up hope that one day Randy will be home and our family will be complete again. Our family will never stop searching for him and I know God knows where he is and I pray that his whereabouts will be revealed soon. There are members of our family that Randy has never seen and one of his niece’s has a son named after Randy.



I only cope with Randy missing with the help of God’s love and the peace he gives me and I must go on for the rest of the family, which consists of my daughter and two other sons. We all love and miss Randy very much, we miss his laughter and his willingness to always help someone, and he was always there for his family and especially for his mother.

Arlene Spring, Mother of Randy

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[Jenn]

NamUs Profile for Randy: https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5299