Lawrence Sebastian

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Siskiyou County Sheriffs Department (CA)

Missing From:

Cecilville, CA

Summary:

Lawrence Sebastian, 48, disappeared from the Cecilville area in the remote Salmon River country of western Siskiyou County; the sheriff's office lists his date last seen as January 1, 1999. The California Highway Patrol later located his vehicle in Cecilville. No other details have been released, and he remains missing.

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Circumstances of Disappearance:

Lawrence Sebastian was 48 years old when he went missing from Cecilville, a tiny former mining settlement on the South Fork of the Salmon River in western Siskiyou County, roughly 30 miles of mountain road from Callahan and Forks of Salmon. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office lists his date last seen as January 1, 1999. According to the sheriff's office, the California Highway Patrol located his vehicle in Cecilville. No description of the vehicle, where exactly it was found, or what was found with it has been released publicly. Sebastian was described as a white man, 5 feet 11 inches tall and about 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. No photograph of him has been published by the sheriff's office or NamUs. His case remains open with the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office and is listed on the sheriff's Unsolved Siskiyou site and in NamUs.

Additional Details:

Investigating agency: Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, 305 Butte Street, Yreka, CA 96097. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's 24-hour dispatch at (530) 841-2900 or the main office at (530) 842-8300.

Case Last Updated:

Oct 23, 2026