Skogdog here---below is pasted an update with a possible clue. Maybe someone has seen a Chevy Avalanche pulling a trailer with a black Street Glide. I have worked with Larry at the University for many years, and he is stable and reliable and not going to disappear without a reason. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones.

The Major Case Squad in Sikeston, Missouri is reviewing surveillance video that may help them find a missing Kansas man.

The video is from a restaurant next door to the hotel where Larry Weaver was last seen.

In the video, you can see what Sikeston police believe is a Chevy Avalanche pulling a trailer. It drives in behind the hotel on a back road with the trailer empty.

Witnesses say 15 minutes later they saw the truck and trailer pull out of there quickly.

In the video at about that time, you can see something shiny in the trailer. Police believe it could be a motorcycle being hauled away.

The major case squad was activated earlier on Thursday and a search crew was in the air searching all day.

According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety Chief Drew Juden, they searched a landfill in Dexter, Mo. on Wednesday, June 29, but they did not find anything.

Captain Jim McMillen said a plane and a helicopter have been used in the search. Officers have also gone back to the hotel to search the property for more clues.

At around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, the Days Inn Hotel on S. Main contacted police for a well-being check on Larry Weaver, 66, of Pittsburg, Kan.

Hotel staff told police Weaver had not checked out of his room on time. They said the cleaning crew found some property belonging to him still in the room, but he and his vehicle were nowhere to be found.

According to police, his wife said Weaver had been traveling on his black 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide when he went missing.

Police say newly obtained surveillance video shows a Chevy Avalanche pulling an empty trailer near the hotel where Weaver was last seen. Fifteen minutes after the truck pulls through, it leaves the scene of the video, where something appears to now be in the trailer. Police say it could be the motorcycle.

Weaver left several personal items in the room that led police to believe something was wrong. Some of the items include his wallet, credit cards, some keys, cellphone, clothing and riding gear.

Currently, police say they are unsure if Weaver had some sort of medical event, an unseen motorcycle crash or even that he may be a victim of foul play.

Weaver is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 185 pounds.

The motorcycle has Kansas license plates: "36A0Y" and hard saddle bags.

 

Here is the video. Hard to tell whats in the trailer but if it is a bike it would have to be on its side from what I can see. Definitely not a strapped down upright bike.


http://www.cbs46.com/Clip/12562760/s...-investigation

 

Thanks for that update. Here's to hoping that body they found in Cape Giradeau is not Mr. Weaver.

 

Geez Bob ... You sure are takin' some heat. Might be time to start packin' some too :>)

 

Not good-
1. Larry parked in the back of the motel off the road in a remote area, in a crime infested town that he was not familiar with, and a dark area with back area access, perfect for low life's to operate.

2. The video and witnesses say 15 minutes later it leaves. Bad sign, as it takes only a few seconds, or minutes to throw the bike into the back of that trailer. They knew exactly where that bike was and they were going to get it-no matter what.
Hoping for Larry and his family that that lag time wasn't Larry coming out of his room hearing something or seeing his bike being screwed with, running out, a struggle, and the resulting disappearance aren't connected in any way to the delay in why the truck was back there that long...
Also, why stay back there 15 minutes, then speed out quickly when you leave?
You took that long back there, why now all of the sudden do you need to get out so quickly?

3. Also hoping that the mature male, out of town, body found in the Missouri River today isn't Larry but damn, this whole thing is just horrible and a hell of a mystery.

Hoping everything turns out on the good side for him and his family or at least some sort of resolution....

 

Yep I do a lot of traveling and it is rare that I find a pump that does not require me to enter a zip for CC. Entering the zip code is part of AVS (Address verification system) In most cases CC issuing bank will give a discount to merchants if they collect zip code which helps them insure against someone using a stolen card
Good write up on in here in Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtann.../#748db0806d28

 

Lol.....apparently I have a talent for offending. It was unintentional. And if it keeps a useful thread at the top, it at least served a purpose. And I will say that on our trip out to Sturgis and back the other day, only one place required a zip code out of probably 12 gas stops. And yes, it was a ****-hole in the middle of a reservation. We got surrounded by pan handlers at the pump. But I also realize, based on comments here if not anything else, that even nice areas can require them apparently. But for the most part, that has not been my experience. As I said, I'm sure that it's radiating out from certain areas and soon will be universal.

And these days one of my other theories is that it would be unwise to travel unarmed. I'm sure many will disagree. What can't be argued is that things are getting worse. It sounds like foul play over a motorcycle. Seriously....WTF? There's so many bikes out there, why harm another when you could just move on to the next one?

Decent traffic still on the FB account with a few shares. Again, prayers sent for his safe return.

 

And these days one of my other theories is that it would be unwise to travel unarmed. I'm sure many will disagree. What can't be argued is that things are getting worse. I agree. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

 

That's got to be White River. Left a lot of pocket change there.

 

The body pulled from the river is a South Carolina man.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/2318284.html