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Jan 2024
43m 12s

Unsolved Disappearance: Paul Fugate

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When a National Park Service Ranger vanishes from his post in the Arizona mountains, he’s never seen again. Questions endure in the strange and controversial case of the only National Park Service Ranger to ever go missing—and never be found—in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

If you know anything about the disappearance of Paul Fugate, please call the National Park Service’s Investigative Services Branch at  888-653-0009. Or, if you prefer, you can submit a tip online at nps.gov/ISB.

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