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Mysterious Missing Man Case

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by John Madewell  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for a Texas man -- in Rhea County. It's a missing person case that makes no sense.    Tom Snow is a 60-year-old man from Houston. After retirement, his sister, Megan Snow, said he went on a month-long trip by himself, playing golf in Alabama and Tennessee on his way to New York.Hurricane Sandy canceled his plans to see his daughter in Manhattan. Megan Snow said he was on his way back to Texas and no one knows why his car ended up in a remote area of Rhea County.Snow loves to play golf, is in good shape and has no medical or mental conditions, according to his sister Megan Snow.On Friday, a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officer found Snow's car in the Yuchi refuge, keys still in the ignition. Megan Snow sees that as one of several strange events, "My brother never left his keys in the car."The story gets more mysterious. His 2007 4-door Honda Accord was parked near the boat ramp by the Tennessee River, his iphone in the front seat. His family is baffled. "And it's (Yuchi refuge) so remote, I have no earthly idea how he found it."His sister and several other relatives arrived in Rhea County Monday morning. "I want to know where he is and what happened and how his car is here and he shouldn't have been in this area to begin with. In my thinking, he shouldn't have come this direction," Snow said.Megan spoke with her brother two Saturdays ago. She tried to reach him the day he went missing. "I tried calling him around noon Friday but it went to voice mail."That morning, he had checked out of a Knoxville hotel. His family thought he was on his way to Houston, by interstate, to play the game he loved. Megan said, "And he did have plans to play golf in Houston Saturday morning at 8:30, he wouldn't have missed that."Rhea County Chief Deputy John Argo said this case is perplexing, "More questions than answers," Argo said.This morning, investigators from the Rhea County Sheriff's Office and the TBI met with Snow's relatives.  Yesterday, a Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter flew over the Yuchi area. Today, teams plotted out grids to search a one mile radius. Chief Deputy Argo said, "Right now we've done searches of the area, we've done air searches and also searched the river which is located right there by the area with no results as of now."Five days into the search and not a single clue has surfaced. It's weighing on the family. Snow's sister, Cassandra Henry, also made the trip to Rhea County. "We've met with some very good people. We're trying to get answers. We've given a lot of information and we're just waiting. The hardest thing is waiting."Snow's Honda Accord is a silver or gray color with Texas plates. Investigators believe he played golf on Thursday before checking into the Knoxville Holiday Inn. If you have seen the car or Snow, the Rhea County Sheriff's Office requests a phone call. You can reach them at (423) 775-7837.

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