4211DMNC - Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akoppv





Name: Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akoppv

Case Classification: Endangered Missing

Missing Since: September 12, 1998

Location Last Seen: Bladensboro, Bladen County, North Carolina

Physical Description

Date of Birth: July 26, 1946

Age: 52 years old

Race: White

Gender: Male

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 150 - 170 lbs.

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Unknown or Missing

Nickname/Alias: Unknown

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers

Dentals: Not Available

Fingerprints: Not Available

DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: Unknown

Jewelry: Unknown

Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance

Vycheslav Akopov disappeared after apparently driving to Raleigh and bringing home two other immigrants. Mr. Apokov was accustomed to going to Raleigh to meet with other Uzbekistanis, and it was normal for him to allow them to live with him at his Bladenboro-area home, until they found work.

Mr. Akopov was last seen by his landlord getting into his vehicle, (1987 Plymouth Caravelle, 4-dr light blue, license LDN-9565, VIN# 1P3BJ36K3HC135239) with two unknown males on September 12. His landlord describes them as two younger males, between 5'9 and 5'11" tall, with stocky builds. Both were in their thirties.

The day Akopov apparently disappeared, his landlord said she gave him directions to Nye's insurance office in Elizabethtown. She said he had been to Smithfield Packing Co. and the Employment Security Office with the two men earlier that day, apparently trying to help them find work.

Mr. Akopov was known as a reliable employee and tenant. He did not report to work, pick up his paychecks, or pay his rent. His personal possessions were left at his usually neat home, in disarray, except a small dictionary he used for translation.

His landlord reported him as missing on September 22. He has not been seen or heard from by either his friends locally or his family in Russia. He had around $500 or $600 cash in his wallet, according to his landlord. Plus his two paychecks. His last two paychecks were never cashed.

Akopov had a wife and two children back in Uzbekistan. He regularly wrote letters to his family and other relatives, and sent photographs. Foul play is possible in his case.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Bladen County Sheriff

Agency Contact Person: Det Kevin Hunsinger

Agency Phone Number: 910-862-6942

Agency E-Mail: N/A

Agency Case Number: 9809-3277

NCIC Case Number: M-156533237

NamUs Case Number: 4906

Information Source(s)

NamUs

Admin Notes

Added: 2/20/10; Last Updated: 12/3/17