MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2021-5
Daniel Robinson
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Buckeye, Arizona
Summary:
Daniel Robinson was last seen on 6/23/21 in the morning hours at his job site where he worked for engineering company Matrix New World as a geologist. His work was in a remote desert area (Sun Valley Pkwy / Cactus Rd) in Buckeye, Arizona and he was seen driving from the job site in his gray 2017 Jeep Renegade. Daniel was reported missing that evening and hasn't been seen since. His vehicle was found overturned the following month without any signs of Daniel in the area.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
On July 19, 2021, a rancher in the desert area located Daniel's Jeep approximately 3-4 miles from his job site. The Jeep was overturned and had airbags deployed. Daniel's personal items, to include his cellphone, wallet, keys and clothes, were found around the Jeep. Extensive searches were covered by Buckeye PD and supporting agencies with dogs, drones, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles over a 70 square mile search area. The remains of two other unrelated individuals were found during the searches but Daniel has not been found.
Additional Details:
Daniel was born without his lower right arm but was active in sports growing up. Daniel was living in Tempe, AZ at the time he went missing.
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Timeline of Events
Human remains were found during a search that indicated it was a different missing person. Those remains were sent to the medical examiner's office.
Volunteer search crews recovered a skull that was later determined to not be Daniels.
Daneil's Jeep was found in a ravine less than 3 miles from his job site. Multi-agency ground and aerial searches were conducted in the area.
Civil Air Patrol aerial searches conducted.
Phoenix Firebird conducted helicopter aerial searches.
Tempe PD checked Daniel's apartment with no success.
Buckeye PD attempted to find GPS location data from the UConnect system in Daniel's Jeep. No data was available. BPD also attempted to ping Daniel's phone but were unsuccessful.
Buckeye PD continued ground searches.
Daniel's father reported him missing to Buckeye PD. They conducted a ground search near the job site and entered him into the national missing persons database.
Daniel was last seen leaving his job site near Sun Valley Pkwy and Cactus Rd.
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David R. (Father) - Living
Melissa E. (Mother) - Living
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