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Man who vanished from Connecticut nearly a decade ago found dead in upstate New York with a new name
NBC News ^ | Dec. 8, 2022 | Marlene Lenthang

Posted on 12/09/2022 12:36:45 PM PST by nickcarraway

Robert Hoagland was last seen in July 2013. Nearly 10 years later his body was found in Rock Hill, New York, where he apparently lived under the name Richard King, police said.

A man who vanished from Connecticut nearly 10 years ago and whose high-profile disappearance was featured on television has been found dead in upstate New York, where he apparently lived under a different name.

Robert Hoagland was last seen the morning of July 28, 2013, at a gas station in Newtown, Connecticut, local police said.

The next day, police were called to check on him after he failed to pick up a family member from the airport and failed to show up for work.

Police found Hoagland's wallet, medication and cellphone at his residence, as well as the family cars, but no trace of Hoagland.

For years the case remained open, and potential sightings of Hoagland were reported and investigated nationwide, Newtown police said.

His disappearance made headlines and was featured on the Investigation Discovery TV series “Disappeared.”

Nearly 10 years on, the mystery of his disappearance has finally been cracked: Hoagland apparently moved to upstate New York and lived under the new name Richard King.

The discovery of Hoagland after all these years came as a shock to his family, who were left with more questions than answers.

“It’s pretty confusing. We’re trying to handle it right now to be honest. Haven’t really figured out any details,” Christopher Hoagland, Robert’s son, said Thursday.

Christopher, who lives in Minnesota, will travel to Connecticut or New York soon to meet with his family, adding that they don’t know what motivated Hoagland to leave.

On Monday, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in New York contacted Newtown police saying that they responded to “an untimely death” of a man at a residence in Rock Hill, New York, and that, while they couldn't identify him initially, they found papers bearing the name Robert Hoagland.

Investigators looked into the name and found he was missing from Newtown.

Newtown police detectives met with the Sullivan County sheriff’s officials Tuesday and confirmed Hoagland’s identity. He was 59 years old at the time of his death, police said.

They learned that Hoagland had been living under the new name in Sullivan County since around November 2013.

His remains were taken to the coroner for an autopsy. Police said there were no signs of foul play.

Police said that “there was no criminal aspect” to Hoagland’s disappearance and that no further information would be released "out of respect to the family."

NBC News has asked the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and coroner for comment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: New York
KEYWORDS: flitcraft; hoagland; missing
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1 posted on 12/09/2022 12:36:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don’t know where it’s flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

[Chorus]
Everybody’s got a hungry heart
Everybody’s got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody’s got a hungry heart


2 posted on 12/09/2022 12:41:04 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dick King…


3 posted on 12/09/2022 12:42:42 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

You caught that too... ;-)


4 posted on 12/09/2022 12:44:32 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/missing-man-robert-hoagland-dead-b2241123.html

Per the above, the dead guy had a roomie.

Wonder if the roomie was the reason the guy left his family.


5 posted on 12/09/2022 12:45:51 PM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: nickcarraway

Fascinating. Looking forward to theories.


6 posted on 12/09/2022 12:46:18 PM PST by MarMema (No bugs for consumption)
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To: monkeyshine

My neighbor in Florida was Dick Johnson…


7 posted on 12/09/2022 12:46:20 PM PST by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

Mob informant. Tony Soprano caught up with him.


8 posted on 12/09/2022 12:47:13 PM PST by NicoDon
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To: fidelis
Maybe he was like Flitcraft from the Masltese Falcon?
9 posted on 12/09/2022 12:47:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: EEGator

I went to school with Woodrow (Woody) Johnson


10 posted on 12/09/2022 12:49:56 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: EEGator

Dick King... may be a clue as to why he left his wife. No doubt, another death by jab.


11 posted on 12/09/2022 12:51:35 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Fai Mao

👍


12 posted on 12/09/2022 12:52:07 PM PST by EEGator
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To: MarMema; mewzilla
The Flitcraft Parable (Dashiell Hammett)
13 posted on 12/09/2022 12:52:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: EEGator

I once knew a guy named Richard Head.


14 posted on 12/09/2022 12:54:00 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: nesnah

For real?


15 posted on 12/09/2022 12:55:31 PM PST by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

Sandy Hook PD had their work cut out for them that year.


16 posted on 12/09/2022 12:55:35 PM PST by HollyB
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To: MarMema

One theory was that one of his son’s drug use was too much to deal with.


17 posted on 12/09/2022 12:57:24 PM PST by HollyB
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And I knew one named Richard Skinner - a black guy who had a spear on the wall above his head so you could stare at it while talking to him... he was daring you to say it...


18 posted on 12/09/2022 1:00:35 PM PST by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: EEGator

Yep. He was a painter (houses).


19 posted on 12/09/2022 1:02:17 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: HollyB

The Independent article (link in post 5 above) says that he disappeared the day before he was going to pick his wife at the airport.

A whole lot of backstory seems to be missing…


20 posted on 12/09/2022 1:05:54 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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