HEIDELBERG, Germany — The car of a missing Army physician has been found, but officials are still mystified as to what may have happened to the doctor himself.Maj. Jon E. Baldwin, 37, disappeared Sept. 13 after leaving home for work at the Army’s hospital in Heidelberg in his burgundy 1998 Subaru station wagon.
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That's from September; he may have been found by now.
Marshall Center employee missing, but police don't suspect foul play By David Josar, Stuttgart bureau
Military police in Garmisch, Germany, do not suspect foul play in the disappearance last week of an employee from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
Thomas A. Bates, who coordinated visits for guests and officials at the school, has been missing since Oct. 10.
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Car found, but still no sign
of missing Army physicianHEIDELBERG, Germany — The car of a missing Army physician has been found, but officials are still mystified as to what may have happened to the doctor himself.
Maj. Jon E. Baldwin, 37, disappeared Sept. 13 after leaving home for work at the Army’s hospital in Heidelberg in his burgundy 1998 Subaru station wagon.
It was that car that his wife, Sherilyn Baldwin, finally found this week. Despite searches by German and U.S. Army investigators after his disappearance, Sherilyn Baldwin found the car not far from the Baldwins’ home.
"It was at the train station in St. Ilgen, which is about 10 minutes away," she said.
Investigators haven’t found any leads, she said, but added, "I think everyone has been doing everything they can to solve this."
The father of three young boys — all under 3, the youngest born less than three months ago — Jon Baldwin has worked at the hospital as a family practice physician for the past year.
After finding the car, Sherilyn Baldwin says she and a friend spent 12 hours riding up and down the train lines from St. Ilgen, plastering stations along the way with the "Missing" posters that have become a common sight throughout the Heidelberg area since the doctor’s disappearance.
"I’m still focused on trying to find him," she said. "I really don’t know what’s happened, but until I find my husband I’m just going to keep looking."
In the meantime, friends have rallied around her.
"The hospital command has been very gracious and helpful, as well as the women from my church," Sherilyn Baldwin said.
In fact, she said at least one person from Protestant Women of the Chapel, a local Bible study group, "has been with me almost 24-7," bringing food, support and helping hands with the three children.
"I don’t think I could make it through this without them," she said.