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Disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox

Year
1950
Where
New York
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
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What the record says

Richard Colvin Cox (born 25 July 1928—disappeared 14 January 1950) was an American second-year cadet who disappeared from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, on 14 January 1950. On three occasions in the week leading up to his disappearance, Cox was visited by a man whose first name may have been George. According to an eyewitness account from another cadet, the two men seemed to know each…

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