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Without a trace...
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Mikel Scott Schepke; white male; age 47; 5'10" to 5' 11"; 175-180 lbs; brown hair; brown beard and mustache; brown eyes |
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Mikel, who wears glasses, was likely dressed as follows:
- Hat: black canvas baseball-style; adjustable plastic strap on back; "ALASKA," eagle, and yellow-sun emblem on front; 2 white-paint fingerprints on visor
- Undershirt: hunter green, V-neck, Docker brand
- Shirt: long sleeved, navy colored, Docker brand, pullover turtleneck
- Jacket: faded navy blue, zipper-and-snap closure, Woolrich brand, nylon, no hood; plaid upper-torso liner; maroon-colored lower-torso liner
- Underpants: black, Fruit-of-the-Loom briefs
- Pants: black, Wrangler jeans; 34-inch waist, 32-inch inseam
- Belt: 34-inch size, brown leather, nickel buckle
- Socks: white, crew (mid-calf) ribbed
- Boots: tan, size 9.5, 7.5 inches tall, Route 66, with heavy-tread soles and side zippers
- Handkerchief: white
- Glasses: metal framed
- Comb: short handled, black plastic
- Pocket contents: 2- by 2.5-inch wooden cross; and one empty, Colburn brand, individual sliced-cheese wrapper
- Gloves/mittens: none
- Jewelry: none
- Watch: none
- Wallet: none
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The search area |
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On November 10, 2013, Mikel Scott Schepke, age 47, went for a walk along Birchwood Drive — which is situated just south of P. H. Hoeft State Park, and just north of the Herman Vogler Conservation Area — in Presque Isle County's Rogers Township, just north of Rogers City, Michigan.
Unfortunately, Mikel never returned home, and no trace of him was ever found.
 Led by the Presque Isle County Sheriff's Department in Rogers City, Michigan, and organized by Alpena County Search and Rescue (ACSAR), community volunteers and search teams from across the state combed the area around Mikel's residence for any sign of him:
- Presque Isle County Sheriff's Department
- Presque Isle County Sheriff's Department K-9
- Alpena County Search and Rescue (K-9)
- Michigan State Police K-9
- Michigan State Police Helicopter
- Thunder Bay Search and Rescue
- US Coast Guard Helicopter
- Michigan Search and Rescue (K-9)
- Genesee County Search and Rescue
- Alcona Search and Rescue
- Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue Team
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Thunder Bay Firefighters Search and Rescue
- Alpena Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Search and Rescue of Michigan (SAROM) (K-9)
- Rogers City Police Department
- Various county and township fire departments
- Community volunteers
- Salvation Army (food and refreshments)
- Rogers City Senior Center (food and refreshments)
According to his family, Mikel was severely intellectually challenged due to near-fatal brain injuries he sustained as a 10-year-old, when he and his mother were brutally attacked — viciously beaten, repeatedly stabbed, and left for dead — by two, knife-wielding subjects as they robbed his parent's convenience store, the Halfway Station southwest of Rogers City, on November 5, 1976.
If you know of Mikel's whereabouts, or anything about his disappearance, please say something, today!
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News Media Archive
| 11-11-13: "Police Search for Mentally Handicapped Man," UPNorthLive.com |
| 11-11-13: "Coast Guard Aids in Search," Presque Isle County Advance (Rogers City) |
| 11-??-13: "Update: Police Continue Search for a Missing Rogers City Man," 9and10news.com |
| 11-11-13: "Search for Missing Man Continues," Presque Isle County Advance (Rogers City) |
| 11-14-13: "Search for Missing Man Suspended Due to Opening Day of Firearm Deer Season," UPNorthLive.com |
| 11-14-13: "Search for Missing Man Put on Hold," The Alpena News (Alpena, Michigan) |
| 11-15-13: "Search Suspended for Man Missing," Cheboygan Daily Tribune (Cheboygan, Michigan) |
| 11-21-13: "Search for Mikel Schepke Suspended After Long Effort," Presque Isle County Advance (Rogers City) |
| 11-26-13: "Letter to Editor," Cheboygan Daily Tribune (Cheboygan, Michigan) |
| 05-7-14: "Search Crews Make Another Effort to Locate Missing Man," Presque Isle County Advance (Rogers City) |
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Missing-Person Database
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National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice |
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This missing-person case is listed in the U.S. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System database.
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Social-Media-Friendly Graphics
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Printable Missing-Person Poster |
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| To download a social-media-friendly Information-Wanted graphic for this case, click here and drag the image onto your desktop, or right click on the image and save it to your computer. |
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Social-media-friendly Information-Wanted Graphic |
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| To download a social-media-friendly Ribbon for this case, click here and drag the image onto your desktop, or right click on the image and save it to your computer. |
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Social-media-friendly Ribbon |
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| To download a social-media-friendly Badge for this case, click here, and drag the image onto your desktop, or right click on the image and save it to your computer. |
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Social-media-friendly Badge |
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How to Report Tips
Report a tip to the Presque Isle County Sheriff's Department at
Report a tip anonymously via Crime Stoppers USA at
- Phone: 1.800.222.8477
- Internet: Web Tips
Reward: MibSAR is offering up to a $1,000 reward for a tip leading to the recovery of Mikel Schepke.
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Operational Cartography
Geo-Magnetic Compass beta for field operations
1:24,000 USGS quadrangle list for field operations
- 1:24,000 USGS Rogers City, Michigan (1971) Quadrangle
- 1:24,000 USGS Moltke, Michigan (1971) Quadrangle
1:24,000 Search-Area Quadrangles
Additional Quadrangles
1:10,000 Detail Search-Sector Quadrangles
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Thank you for taking the time to visit Mikel Schepke's Missing-Person Web site.
If you know something about Mikel's disappearance, please say something, today!
Investigative Web site design and hosting, and graphics, donated courtesy of Michael Neiger—Lead Investigator with Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue (MibSAR) www.MibSAR.com.
MibSAR is a small, Long Range Special Operations Group (LRSOG) based in Marquette, Michigan whose search-and-recovery operators are dedicated to investigating select unsolved missing-person cases and homicide cold cases in the remote bush between the Great Lakes in northern Michigan, USA, and the Arctic Ocean’s Lower Hudson Bay in Ontario, Canada.
An independent investigator, Michael Neiger is a 26-year veteran of the Michigan Department of State Police (MSP). He holds, or has held, memberships in the following professional organizations:
| National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) |
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| International Society of Professional Trackers (ISPT) |
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| International Association of Cold Case Investigators (IACCI) |
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| International Crime Scene Investigators Association (ICSIA) |
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| International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA) |
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| American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) |
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| International Association for Identification (IAI) |
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All of Michael Neiger's searches, investigations, work products, and other services are provided free of charge to victims, their families and advocates, and agencies of jurisdiction.
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