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LVPatton
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July 2017 remains were found not far from where vehicle was found with some personal belongings (car keys). Took over a year to match DNA.
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tobias
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Quote: Originally posted by LVPatton  | | July 2017 remains were found not far from where vehicle was found with some personal belongings (car keys). Took over a year to match DNA.
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I am so sorry. I hope having the remains will help bring you closure.
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LVPatton
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| Quote: Originally posted by tobias | | Quote: Originally posted by LVPatton | | July 2017 remains were found not far from where vehicle was found with some personal belongings (car keys). Took over a year to match DNA.
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I am so sorry. I hope having the remains will help bring you closure. |
Thanks, it has.
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BajaBlanca
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RIP Gary and thanks for sharing that he is going "home".
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TMW
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Wow, a long time coming but at least his remains were found and there is some closure. Does it appear to have been foul play involved?
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Hook
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And shortly there will be closure to the most replied-to thread in the history of Nomads.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by LVPatton | | July 2017 remains were found not far from where vehicle was found with some personal belongings (car keys). Took over a year to match DNA.
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Thank you for sharing and providing closure. Gary has been in our thoughts for a long time.
[Edited on 12-10-2018 by David K]
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Hook
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| Quote: Originally posted by LVPatton | | July 2017 remains were found not far from where vehicle was found with some personal belongings (car keys). Took over a year to match DNA.
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Sounds like the original search was not very thorough.
Somebody remind me, was his car removed fairly quickly from the original location it was found? Did that complicate the original search?
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willardguy
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still.......every time a grey 3rd generation 4runner with a rack is spotted, one of us will mutter "gary patton"
I guess we'll never really know what happened ?
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TMW
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Interesting that they found car keys with him yet Lizard Lips stated in April 2014 that they found car keys in the car. The rancher thought the car
had been there a week as he had been in the area earlier and did not see it. I don't remember any organized search other that what the rancher did and
the police.
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Mexitron
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Sorry for the sad ending but thankful for closure for you.
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Skipjack Joe
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What likely happened is that he left the car to find help digging it out and couldn’t find his way back to the vehicle. That can easily happen to
anyone cause one ravine looks like another. Most deaths are little things that become big things.
Whatever happened I suspect the Payton family knows.
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Goyo
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I frequently travel solo into remote Baja. Every trip I've taken since his disappearance, I have thought of him. And I also think of his loved ones
and how painful it must be for them. Baja is such a vast place, which is the lure for many of us. But things can go wrong quickly despite how
prepared and careful we are. Gary will always be in my thoughts while I'm in the heart of that vastness. My deepest condolences to all his loved
ones.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe | What likely happened is that he left the car to find help digging it out and couldn’t find his way back to the vehicle. That can easily happen to
anyone cause one ravine looks like another. Most deaths are little things that become big things.
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We all got theories. I think he had a a heart attack, stroke, aneurism, etc., and that was the very quick end of the story.
Woke!
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wilderone
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" … Every trip I've taken since his disappearance, I have thought of him. And I also think of his loved ones and how painful it must be for them.
Baja is such a vast place, which is the lure for many of us. … . Gary will always be in my thoughts while I'm in the heart of that vastness. My
deepest condolences to all his loved ones."
x2 My thoughts exactly. I thought of Gary often. RIP, and hugs to his loved ones.
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EnsenadaDr
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I had set up a notification in my email for this thread. Always wondered what happened to him. So sad. The weather in Baja can be unforgivable. I
guess we all need GPS as a rule of thumb to travel the more isolated roads in Baja. Evidently Gary took a wrong turn. I guess the ranch hands found
him eventually on horseback.
God Bless the family and Gary. I guess though this gives some closure to the family.
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