Posted on 06/07/2019 2:24:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
Dennis Day performs as a Mickey Mouse Club member in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of the Mickey Mouse Channel
===============================================================
June 7 (UPI) -- A body found at the Oregon home of former Mouseketeer Dennis Day two months ago was the ex-child star, authorities announced Thursday, ending an unusual missing person case that started nearly a year ago.
Day, 76, one of the original members of the Mickey Mouse Club television show, shared the home with his husband Ernest Caswell, who is now in an assisted living facility and struggles with memory loss, the Medford Mail Tribune reported.
Caswell was in the hospital when he reported Day missing last July 15. Day's vehicle was found on the Oregon coast July 26. In April, a body was found in Day and Caswell's home in Phoenix, Oregon, in a state of decay.
"The Oregon State Medical Examiner's office identified the body found in the residence listed in the previous release by the investigation, evidence, and other information as that of the missing person, Dennis Day," the office said Thursday. "Despite their efforts, investigators were unable to utilize dental records or DNA due to the condition of the remains."
The Oregon State Police continued to investigate Day's death and did not release any additional information.
"Our family is truly thankful to the Oregon State Police for helping to bring closure to our family so that we can finally lay Dennis to rest," Day's family said in a statement on Facebook.
Day's case became national news when Dateline NBC posted a story on its website in February. Day appeared in the first two seasons of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1956 and 1957. He moved with Caswell to Oregon in the 1980s.
R-I-G...
O-R-M.....
O-R-T-I-S
.....whacky mice
Somebody finally trafficked all the adrenochromes out of him.
You are bad!
I did laugh though.
he was married to a man?
So which Hollywood perverts got to him as a child?
A husband to another man, I should say.
Yuck.
“his husband” shouldn’t be used in the same sentence. Must be a typo.
It was the huge black ears that revealed his identity.
Sadly, Day’s pit bull starved to death because it could not get out of the house. The condition of the remains made it impossible to use dental records for identification, but it has been assumed it was the dog found in bed biting a pillow.
Day’s remains would then be found trying to tunnel out of the kitchen.
Sad way to go, but that’s what happens when you produce no progeny.
I wonder why it took the better part of a year before they looked for him...at his house.
So who will inherit his child pornography collection?
Satan said he can bring it to Hell and share it with Michael Jackson.
There’s more to the story, IIRC. Day’s car stolen and found many miles away. The people found in possession of the car convinced the police they had it with his permission, so the matter was dropped.
Even so you’d think his home would have been one of the first places they checked. And since when do teeth decay beyond recognition?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.