08/01/02: Daniel Newville, 18, New London, MN

Daniel Newville
LAST SEEN: 8/1/02
New London, MN

Danny Newville is still missing.

Danny Newville, 18, was last seen leaving a party in
New London, Minn., during the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 2002. He never returned home again, something that was unusual for the young man. While he had stayed out before, he had always returned home after a few days.

WJON reported the following:

According to the blog Joy The Curious, Newville was last seen leaving a house party in the early morning hours. Other people at the party say he left to walk to a friend's house about a mile away, which should have only taken 15 to 20 minutes to get there. He never made it.

On September 24th, 2002, 54-days after he was last seen the county dispatch got an anonymous call from someone who said Newville's body had been dumped near his grandfather's property in Spicer, however, the body has never been found.

His father, Russell, said he went down to the police station a week later and filed a missing person report. But authorities said they have no record of that report and weren't informed until a month and a half after Daniel was last seen. He was officially reported missing on Sept. 24; that's when the Sheriff's Office began investigating the case. Since then, the case has included land and air searches, the use of cadaver dogs in the area and the investigation of more than 100 leads.

In 2012, on the tenth anniversary of Newville's disappearance, Kandiyohi County Sheriff Dan Hartog issued a news release in which he said he believes someone has information that could help investigators solve the missing person case.

"I still think it is solvable," Hartog said. "Someone or somebody has information on where he is and what happened to him."

At the time of his disappearance, Newville was 18 years old, 5 foot 8 inches tall, weighed 140 pounds and had brown hair and blue eyes. (See poster.)

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 320-235-1260 ext. 3366. Detective Kent Bauman is the lead detective on the case.


Case Details

Status	Missing
Name/age	Daniel Lee Newville, 18 (DOB 5/7/84)
Last seen	August 01, 2002 06:00, New London, MN
Hometown	Spicer, MN
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other
Height (inches)	68 - 69.0
Weight (pounds)	135 - 145
Wearing	Light colored shirt, dark pants
Investigating Agency	Kandiyohi Sheriff, 320-235-1260, ext. 3366.

Sources

Maurice, Jim. (2022, July 27). 20 Years Since 18-Year-Old Man Went Missing Near New London. Retrieved 04 July 2024 from https://wjon.com/20-years-since-18-year-old-man-went-missing-near-new-london/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Schlosser, Gretchen. (2012, August 1). Kandiyohi County, Minn., sherriff confident decade-old missing person case can be solved. Morris Sun Tribune. Retrieved May 29, 2013 from
http://www.fccnn.com/content/kandiyohi-county-minn-sheriff-confident-decade-old-missing-person-case-can-be-solved