Good and Bad News

So it is a good AND bad day for me today. I finally got the call I've been both dreading and wishing for. My Dad has been found. Although he hasn't been positively identified, I already talked to the Warden's Service and they are certain it's him. He was found WAY outside the original search area.
The man who found him knows that area very well and had been searching for my father off and on since his disappearance. Bob Wright, I can't thank you enough for finding my father. I'll know more of the details soon and will be able to start with the healing process. But thankfully, the mystery is solved.
He apparantely made it most of the way out to Rte. 1 before collapsing in exhaustion.
It's likely he died the very night he set out to get help. We can finally have a funeral for him and put him next to my mother.

My Dad

This was the last picture ever taken of my father. He was lost in the Woods of Northern Maine a day after this was taken. That was September 16, 2004.
There is still much mystery as to what happened to him. Theories range from Got lost while bushwhacking in the woods to Made it out to Rte 1 and was picked up by some nefarious person and he was killed and dropped somewhere else.
My Dad taught me respect for the woods and the area he got lost in was familiar to him. He WOULDN'T have struck off into the woods unless there was a very good reason. He was an avid walker and could have made it out the two miles from where his car was found to Route 1.
His Girlfriend was found dead in the car. She apparantely died from a combination of Starvation / Dehydration / and Diabetic Coma. I Know he was trying to help her when he came about whatever fate happened to him.
It's been over a year without any new clues. I miss him every day.

The Ace Clan

Dad and I GC 2002