Kyle Clinkscales’s parents have passed away recently. On the other hand, the long-lost car of Kyle has been found out recently. Learn more about the story.
Investigators in the United States had located the 1974 Pinto that a 22-year-old student was driving back to Auburn University from Georgia when he vanished more than 45 years ago.
On Tuesday, Kyle Wade Clinkscales’ automobile was recovered from a stream near Cusseta, Alabama, after a guy contacted 911 to report seeing a vehicle.
Kyle Wade Clinkscales Obituary
Kyle Clinkscales was born on October 2, 1953. On January 27, 1976, he went missing.
The cause of his disappearance remains unknown. Kyle was a 22-year-old Auburn University student at the time of his abduction.
At the time, he was studying business. Kyle was last witnessed at the Moose Club in LaGrange, GA, working part-time as a bartender. The Moose Club, on the other hand, no longer exists.
22-year-old Kyle Wade Clinkscales was last seen the night of January 27, 1976, when he left home in LaGrange to drive back to Auburn University, where he was going to school.https://t.co/JANoA0VCWK
— WGXA (@WGXAnews) December 8, 2021
He returned to the Auburn University campus, 42 miles away from LaGrange. Kyle Clinkscales never returned to college.
The automobile Clinkscales was driving, a white ’74 Ford Pinto, was never located. His physique wasn’t either. It was assumed that he vanished and was murdered because he duped Ray Hyde, a local renowned for wrongdoing in this area, out of narcotics and money.
Kyle Wade Parents And Family
Kyle’s parents, John and Louise Clinkscales, received a phone call in March 2005 from a person claiming that he observed his grandpa dumping a barrel into a pond when Kyle was seven years old.
Kyle Wade’s only known family members were John Dixon Clinkscales and Mary Louise Davenport Clinkscales.
He informed his parents that a body was encased in concrete within the barrel. An arrest was made based on this information.
The caller informed Kyle’s parents that he and his grandfather had been threatened and would be murdered if they opened their mouths.
In just a moment, we expect to get an update on a cold case from 45 years ago involving the disappearance of Kyle Wade Clinkscales. pic.twitter.com/Pjbp8Lbwo4
— Karys Belger (@KarysBelger) December 8, 2021
Kyle Wade Clinkscales Disappearance Case Explained.
In 2005, a 35-year-old guy contacted Kyle’s parents and provided critical information regarding the case.
He informed them that he watched Kyle’s body being disposed of when he was seven. Kyle’s murderer was Ray Hyde, who died in 2001.
22-year-old Kyle Wade Clinkscales was last seen the night of January 27, 1976, when he left home in LaGrange to drive back to Auburn University, where he was going to school.https://t.co/JANoA0VCWK
— WGXA (@WGXAnews) December 8, 2021
Kyle’s body, he claimed, was covered with concrete, packed in a barrel, and discarded in a private pond. He further stated that his grandfather assisted in the barrel’s disposal and that Hyde had threatened them both.
The tipster’s information led to the arrests of Jimmy Earl Jones, 63, in April and Jeanne Pawlak Johnson, 63, in June.
Jones was charged with concealing a death, obstructing a criminal’s arrest, and giving false statements on two counts. Johnson was also charged with hindering justice, false statements, and concealing a death.