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Missing Michael Timothy Palmer 
Michael, approximately 1999; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 28 (approximately 2012) Date reported missing : 06/04/1999 Missing location (approx) : Wasilla, Alaska Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 01/08/1984 (37) Age at the time of disappearance: 15 years old Height / Weight : 5'5 - 5'6, 110 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A t-shirt, blue jeans and a black jacket with red stripes on the sleeves and the Marlboro cigarette logo on the lapel. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Blond/brown hair, blue eyes. Michael is left-handed. His nickname is Mike. At the time of his disappearance, his hair was shaved on the sides and longer in the center. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Michael spent the night at a friend's home in Wasilla, Alaska on June 4, 1999. The night, he slipped out of the house and attended a graduation party with three friends near the Meadow Lake subdivision outside of Wasilla. He was last seen riding a bicycle down Pittman Road in the direction of his family's residence at approximately 4:00 a.m. His residence was approximately nine miles from the location of the party. His friends had been riding with him but he fell behind them. They waited for him at the 7-Eleven on Parks Highway, but gave up and assumed he went home. He never did arrive at his residence, however. His mother reported him missing at 3:00 p.m. that day, eleven hours after he was last seen. Michael has never been seen again. The bicycle, which he had borrowed, was located sometime later in the Little Susitna River, which runs roughly parallel to the Pittman Road and Silver Drive intersection. Michael's high-top Converse sneakers were also discovered near a private runway for a homeowner's personal aircraft. They were wet and muddy. No other evidence concerning his whereabouts was discovered. Some reports have speculated that Michael may have been beaten by an unknown suspect or suspects while riding his bicycle. A local youth claimed he witnessed Michael being beaten and shot on a bridge, but later the young man admitted he had made up the story. Others have theorized that Michael may have fallen into the river and died of hypothermia shortly afterwards, but tracker dogs could not tEthnicity : his scent there and no one saw a body in the still, clear water. Michael's older brother, Charles "Chucky" Palmer V, disappeared near Talkeetna, Alaska in April 2010, almost eleven years after Michael vanished. Charles was 30 years old at the time. He went on a snow machine ride and never returned, and his snow machine was later found stuck in the deep snow. He is presumed to have perished of exposure, and was declared legally dead in April 2011. Michael's family stated he was not a troubled teen in 1999 and it would be unlike him to run away from home and be gone for so long without contacting his family. His father believes he may be deceased. His case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Alaska State Troopers 907-745-2131 907-269-5058 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Operation Lookout Alaska Department of Public Safety The Kenai Peninsula Online The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman KTUU 2 KTNA 88.9 FM |