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Thursday, July 19, 2012 , Updated 4:04 p.m., July 25, 2012

UPDATED: 32-year-old dad from Plano found in Michigan


Police didn't give explanation as to why or how he got there.

Nathanial Burgett, 32

Nathanial Burgett, 32

UPDATE: Plano police have located Nathan Burgett, the 32-year-old Plano man who went missing more than a week ago. Burgett was in LaPeer, Michigan.

Police say they have not filed any criminal offenses. Burgett will come back to Texas on his own.


Original story: Plano police are searching for a 32-year-old Plano man who went for a walk Tuesday afternoon and failed to return home.

Nathan Burgett, his wife Michelle, and their three young children live in the 1400 block of Sherrye Drive in east Plano. Michelle told police that when Nathan left the house at 2 p.m. Tuesday, he did so without his vehicle, wallet, or cell phone. When he didn't return home, she contacted police to report him missing.

Burgett has brown hair and is described as being a little more than 6 feet tall and heavyset. A family spokeswoman said Burgett recently quit his job.

Officer David Tilley of the Plano Police Department said the case has been assigned to a detective and that Burgett will be listed as missing with the FBI's National Crime Information Center. Tilley said while it is not a crime for an adult to go missing, the department would like to find Burgett to ensure he is safe.

Anyone with information on Burgett's whereabouts is asked to call the Plano Police Department at 972-424-5678.

UPDATE: A family spokeswoman told The Plano Star Courier that search and rescue teams looked for Burgett Thursday morning and evening. The searches have covered much of Bob Woodruff Park, an area Burgett has been known to frequent.

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geniesr72, anonymous:

Thank you for posting the pic and story about Nathan. We are very worried about him. I'm his mother in law. My daughter and his parents are so sickened by this. We never expected for this to happen. My daughter and he have watched things like this on tv and always talk about everything. I hope he is found ok...and will come home.

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editdfw, anonymous:

a young, good-looking, and robust man isn't "going for a walk" in the blistering sun at 2 p.m. he's taking a break from that wife and kids, cherchez la femme.

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Pooua, anonymous:

Is this similar to the case a month or so ago, in which a woman disappeared after saying she was going into her back yard? Would a search party be appropriate? This is close to where I live; I could hop on my bike and ride around the neighborhood, though I can't imagine I'd find anything 2 days after the fact.

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Jason Rice, verified:

Pooua - you are why I like Plano.

One guys says "look for the girlfriend" but a neighbor says, "Maybe I should go look real quick."

Sounds like the guy has a heavy load of sorts. Hope he's just walking it off and hasn't met with foul play.

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katiep477, anonymous:

Why has it taken so long to organize a search for him? He has been gone since Tuesday! The woman that went missing from Plano last month under the same circumstances was barely gone 4 hours when a massive search was assembled for her.

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Pooua, anonymous:

Jason Rice, I did spend a few hours on Thursday and Friday riding my bike around the area, looking for him.

katiep477, I don't know the reason, and I've wondered the same. Some detail must be different, and we might not know what it is. One difference is that the missing woman had complained of headache, whereas this man apparently was feeling healthy when he disappeared.

It would be easier to search if I had some coordination with other searchers. I don't know what has been covered and what hasn't. I've looked around much of the area of Sherrye Drive, from the railroad tracks on the other side of 14th Street over to Bob Woodruff Park. I looked in several parts of the creeks and canals and empty fields in the area.

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Pooua, anonymous:

A big difference between the woman who disappeared last month and this man is the woman was only going to her back yard with a headache and not feeling well, but this man apparently felt healthy and was going for a walk. Something was obviously wrong in the case of the woman. It isn't obvious that the man in this case had anything happen to him.

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ellis, anonymous:

Oh, for heaven's sake he was in LaPeer, Michigan. Well, now we know the whole story : - ,

damn yankee, anonymous:

That's a hell of a walk.

Jason Rice, verified:

Well, walking nazis should take note.

Obviously it's easier to get places on foot than we thought.

ilolrd, anonymous:

He said that he was on a mission from God. Too bad he didn't take an extra 30 seconds to let his wife know before he left. A lot of time and effort was put into finding a person that just decided to leave without telling anyone. What a waste.

John Turner-McClelland, verified:

Did he decide to walk the earth ?

What do you think?

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