Name: Robert Ransom Williams
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: January 27, 1971
Location Last Seen: South Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
Date of Birth: Circa 1938
Age: 33 years old
Race: White / Caucasian
Gender: Male
Height: 5'10" - 5'11"
Weight: 195 - 210 lbs
Hair Color: Black. Full head of short black hair, crew cut. Some chest hair, lower let and forearm. Thick black beard, clean shaven short sideburns.
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Dark business suit and tie
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Eyewear: Black framed eyeglasses Footwear: Leather shoes Jewelry: Plain gold wedding band on left hand, gold watch on wrist
Pilots Donald Myers and George Nikita along with passengers Richard Windsor Robert Williams and Frank Wilder boarded a private aircraft en route to Rhode Island, aircraft lost in Lake Champlain during heavy weather conditions and not recovered
In May 2024, wreckage of a jet with the same custom paint scheme was found in the lake close to where the radio control tower had last tracked the plane before it disappeared.
Agency Name: Vermont State Police
Agency Contact Person: James Whitcomb, Lieutenant
Agency Phone Number: 8028787111
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 14A103322
NamUs Case Number: 25824
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Burlington Free Press - Nov. 18, 2017
NBC News
Added: 01/01/2022; Last Updated: 06/12/2021 - By: Doe-NamUs-App
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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