![]() No evidence of foul play has been found," according to a news release from the sheriff's office this week. Saratoga County Sheriff's Office investigators continue to work on the case. There was no activity on his credit cards and investigators turned up no evidence or leads on what is classified as an active missing person case. 24, 2015, when Ruth Drumm left her husband at their Saratoga home on Burgoyne Road. It was Thanksgiving morning one year ago, Nov. In Saratoga County, Ruth Drumm has endured an emotionally trying year of similar grief and unanswered questions. I keep worrying that I didn't tell him I loved him the last day I saw him alive." "I keep praying they'll find him so we have some closure. "The only thing I can think of is that maybe someone came by in a quad, hurt him, got scared and drove him out of there," said his wife, who was so mournful she moved out of the main house she shared with Messick into an in-law apartment next to it. His wife said her greatest fear was that he was the victim of foul play, although authorities told her there was no evidence to support that scenario. "He'd been in the woods since he was a boy and if he got lost, he would have cut a piece of his jacket and tied it to a tree and done the other things he learned," she said. Messick was wearing duck boots, camouflage pants and coat, gloves and his beloved red-and-black checkered hat that he'd worn for decades. and when Messick did not show up at the agreed-upon time, his friends called forest rangers and they searched from 4:30 p.m. Messick and the other hunters planned to meet up again after a couple hours. After 55 years of hunting with longtime friends, also senior men, at the Messick's hunting camp in Hague, they decided to try a Horicon property for the first time. He had also just gotten over a case of shingles and nearly decided not to go on the annual hunting trip. When he disappeared, he had poor vision, limited hearing and a history of cardiac issues. Messick lost his eye in an accident with an explosive device in his early 20s. The FBI said until they make a discovery, they're never going to know." "They won't share any theories if they have them. "The FBI told me something isn't right with his case, but they don't know what," his wife said. No evidence and no clues have been found, despite weeks of searching the area with State Police helicopters, state Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers, search-and-rescue teams, specially trained search dogs and hundreds of volunteers, family and friends. He disappeared a short distance off Lily Pond Road as part of a hunting party that entered the woods near Horicon in Warren County. 15, 2015, is classified as an active missing person case by authorities. The investigation into Messick's disappearance on Nov. ![]() "I know he's in heaven and he didn't make any stops along the way. "I don't know how to live without him," said Messick's wife, Beverly, who celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary alone in June. ![]() For Boardman call State Police in Plattsburgh at 563-3761. For Messick, call the DEC Forest Rangers at 897-1300. Paulides shares several perplexing mysteries and investigations in a candid, unedited interview, available only on with information on Drumm can call the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office at 885-6761. Paulides has written a series of books under the title, “Missing 411.” the books detail hundreds of these cases and locations. “And as a parent, you’ll know, my kid wasn’t going to make that distance in this amount of time or climb that elevation this period of time. “Sometimes these kids that I write about are found, like a 2 or 3-year-old, are found 10-15 miles from the point they were last seen, or they’re found 5,000 feet higher in elevation than where they disappeared,” Paulides says. Often, the victims are children whose bodies are later found in seemingly impossible locations. He’s weeded out cases of animal attacks or human predators, and focused instead on very specific criteria that seem to defy explanation. Retired cop David Paulides has tracked thousands of missing persons cases, centered in America’s national parks and forests. MYSTERY WIRE - A career lawman has turned his forensic skills toward an enduring mystery that’s had deadly consequences all across North America.
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