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A human skull was found in rural Gering, nebraskaMay belong to a man who went missing six years ago.
Wyoming man Chance Engelbert, who was 25 at the time of his disappearance, disappeared in 2019 while visiting his wife Bailey’s family.
Human remains were found in Scotts Bluff National MonumentWhich is about five miles from the spot where the missing man was last seen walking alone on a rainy night.
Private investigator Ryan Crouch confirmed that law enforcement officers had been seen at the site in recent days.
“This is an area where I and many others have felt that (this is where) the potential has disappeared,” he said. Cowboy State Daily“We’ve always suspected he could be anywhere from the North Platte River to the monument area west of Five Rocks Road.”
“More likely than not, it’s a possibility,” he said.
On the date of his disappearance the young father was playing golf with his father-in-law and other members of his wife’s family.
Engelbert recently got a new job after being laid off. coal mineBefore a member of the golfing group allegedly made a comment about his new occupation, which angered him.
Engelbert stormed off and, according to wyoming truthCalled his wife. Bailey took her back to her grandparents’ house, where they also allegedly argued.
Englebert left the property and called a friend named Matt Miller and told him he planned to walk 35 miles to Torrington in heavy rain.
After some time Engelbert stopped responding messages and phone callsHis last text message contained a random selection of numbers and emojis. His mother Dawn said the message was especially strange because Englebert never used emojis.
he told Cowboy State Daily He believed that someone else was using his phone.
A massive search was launched to locate Englebert, involving 17 agencies, drones, cadaver dogs, hundreds of volunteers, divers and ATVs, but no trace was found.
Don launched a Facebook page called “”Help find English changes,Who regularly posts updates about the case.
Two days earlier, a post from the account revealed that Chance’s loved ones believed the discovery of the skull marked a “turning point” in the case.
“Early this morning, our family was contacted by law enforcement officials in Scottsbluff County,” the post reads. “We were made aware of a discovery that may be related to Chance’s disappearance.
“At this critical juncture, we need to emphasize that there is no positive identification or additional evidence to confirm that the individual is a possibility.”
“We ask the entire ‘Chance Army’ community for your patience and respect during this time,” the post continued. “Please allow law enforcement to thoroughly investigate them.
“Our family awaits official confirmation and further information from the authorities.”
Several theories have been investigated by authorities following Englebert’s disappearance. Cowboy State Daily Revealing that an investigator from PI firm RD Investigations discovered that Englebert had had a “tense” altercation with an unidentified man after leaving Bailey’s grandparents’ house at a convenience store.
Englebert was last seen at a Scottsbluff community store between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. He told a store clerk that he was going back to his wife’s family home because a major storm was approaching. He is two miles away from where he was last seen.
The clerk did not see whether Englebert left the store, where he had purchased tobacco and a Monster Energy drink, or whether he got into the car, although the store employee described Englebert as level-headed.
RD Investigation detective also told Cowboy State Daily That two women were seen screaming on the roadside a mile away from the shop.
The two women were seen shortly after leaving Englebert’s store at 9 p.m., before they got into a white pickup truck pulling a small boat on a trailer.
Earlier, Englebert’s grandmother Linda Kluender had offered a $200,000 reward for any information leading to the case.
However, the funds remain unclaimed.
“If they didn’t do that, there was no reason to leave this money in a savings account indefinitely,” he wrote in a message. wyoming truth“I am sad that I could not cut a cashier’s check for this money and find some answers to this mystery for myself and my family.
“It seems that people in the know think their lives are worth more than $200,000, and Chance’s life is worth nothing.”
Don also expressed his condolences wyoming truth He believes that no amount of money will make any difference in the matter.
He said, “I don’t think we have enough money to get all the answers, but I hope people realize how much the loss of Chance hurts and speak up.”
However, she does not believe the theory that Engelbert’s death was caused by the area’s local harsh weather conditions, which included severe storms and floods.
“I don’t know what could have happened, but I know it didn’t,” she said.