Post by Scumhunter on Sept 7, 2019 4:42:12 GMT -5
(Above: Top: Watkins, circa 2007; Bottom: Age-progression to age 24 (circa 2013). Photo Credits: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's missingkids.org website)
Missing Child or Adult Profile as of September 7th, 2019: (Based on Charley Project and/or missingkids.org website profiles)
Full Name: Aaron John Watkins
Missing Since: 11/11/2007
Missing From: Elizabeth, New Jersey
Date of Birth: 8/23/1989
Age (at time of disappearance): 18 years old
Age (as of 9/7/2019): 30 years old
Height and Weight: 5'6 - 5'8, 140 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, black shoes and a green baseball cap.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Watkins has a pierced tongue, pierced ears, and a mole under his right eye. His birth name is Aaron Lee Erickson.
TIPS: Anyone having information should call 1-800-THE-LOST or the Plainfield Police Department (New Jersey) at 1-908-753-3113
From The Charley Project:
Details of Disappearance
Watkins was last seen in Elizabeth, New Jersey on November 11, 2007. He left home driving his roommate's car to visit an acquaintance. He has never been heard from again. The car he was driving was later found abandoned on the Driscoll Bridge. A search of the water below turned up no sign of Watkins, and no one saw anybody jump off the bridge. Few details are available in his case.
Watkins frequently traveled to Palm Beach and Jacksonville in Florida prior to his disappearance. Plainfield, New Jersey police are investigating.
charleyproject.org/case/aaron-john-watkins
NCMEC link: api.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1165516/1/screen
Thoughts? Seems to me the obvious question is whether Aaron committed suicide or simply wanted a new life for himself. He was a technical adult when he went missing and is obviously still an adult if still alive and is legally free to live his life any way he chooses. But for the sake of closure for his family, I hope one day the mystery is solved. I sadly think just because no one saw him jump doesn't mean he didn't.
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