Help us find Colby Richards!

Cute.

Noooo!

Reminds us slightly of Beto O’Rourke without the many moles.

Shows too much gun in that smile. A suspicious sign.

It was the bf.

/meant gum but maybe that was not wrong since it’s Texas

It was the "mysterious man" who was in the hotel room with Chris Burrous!

Alien abduction

Has anyone checked the dogs’ waste?

Spooky!

So Colby was headed towards the "wooded area and trails" behind his house?

Grindr hookup gone wrong!

He does look like Beto!

Did they check the area outside the back open gate leading to the trail where his water bottle was found? Sounds to me like a struggle occurred and he was abducted. It’s a very slim chance, but sometimes they can find drops of blood.

Mountain Lion? Coyotes?

It's Texas, after all.

His puppies are going to miss him.

Yes, sounds to me like someone (or more) caught his attention outside the back gate leading to the trail, he was drawn to them for whatever reason and a struggle occurred.

If he left the back gate open that means he was distracted. If he left his water bottle by the trail he dropped it or had no reason to retrieve it.

He was likely abducted during or after the struggle, or possibly his body was removed.

Very weird. Odd there is no evidence.

[quote] Did they check the area outside the back open

Somehow I think “the area outside the back open” will be key to solving this case.

He will be found near water.

Maybe he was expecting a delivery from a soft-butch sous chef... something special to share with wifey in bed...

Brackish water, R18?

Spooky as hell. Somebody knows something.

[quote] Somehow I think “the area outside the back open” will be key to solving this case.

Or more importantly, was his backside open at the time?

Gummy smiles make Sasquatches hungry.

He will be found somewhere where people go occasionally.

A wild animal attack would have left a lot of evidence. There is a person or persons who are responsible.

Colby played baseball for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

What was his home and work life like? Any looming problems? Would he have had the motivation to disappear?

Colby's Instagram.

He looks “wiggerish” at R26.

He’ll be found several miles away with his pants around his ankles and his tongue missing like those Dyatlov Pass kids. Another one for The X-Files!

Swinging his big bat.

R30, what’s Dyatlov Pass?

R28 Aww! He was adorable!

Oops, I mean IS! He is adorable.

[quote] She added that the Woodlands is a generally safe area with certain small pockets that people avoid

Okay, so there's some dangerous "certain small pockets" in the woods? That doesn't sound good.

Probably some creep left one of the "certain small pockets" and did something untoward to the man.

R28 He is handsome. That photo they used for the story doesn’t do him justice.

He looks happy R28, so I hope they find him (in whatever form).

R25 is right though. Animal attacks are messy. He either left or was abducted quickly and quietly.

Did he have “an” Onlyfans?

Did he walk off to suicide or something?

Failed baseball career?

Yeah, the “small pockets that people avoid” comment is weird. What does that mean and why would she say it?

Was handsome, R36. Was.

Colby liked to eat peanut butter, bacon, and avocado.

His wife called it a "barf bag." Lol.

He isn’t a tiny guy. I don’t think a coyote or mountain lion would have attacked him, much less killed him and dragged his body from the area. Without leaving evidence of an attack. A man being kidnapped in something other than a targeted attack seems extremely unlikely, too.

The article makes it sound like the police responded right away, which makes me think the wife conveyed information that suggested a threat. Like “he owes his drug dealer a lot of money.” Or “the husband of the woman he was cheating on me with killed our dog last week and left a note saying my husband was next.”

He's fine. He sends his love.

[quote] Lol

LoL! :)

Jesus God in Heaven, please don't have killed such hot dong.

At R31, his friend announces, "Now batting, 6 foot 2, 187 pounds, Colby..."

He's definitely a big boy. So whoever made him disappear, had to have dragged him somewhere to get rid of him.

No way an average male or female could do that.

So it either had to be more than one person, or a very large animal.

If it was an animal, there might not necessarily have been blood if it grabbed him by the neck and dragged him away.

[quote] Did they check the area outside the back open gate leading to the trail where his water bottle was found?

R13, no, they never would have thought to check where his water bottle was found. Wow, you should be an investigator. Call them and tell them to check there!

Major BDF! Oh, the tragedy of it all…

From the article - He "did like to go out" onto the Greenway for walks...

It seems weird to put "did like to go out" in quotation marks.

[quote] So it either had to be more than one person, or a very large animal.

[quote] If it was an animal, there might not necessarily have been blood if it grabbed him by the neck and dragged him away.

What type of animal did you have in mind? Because that’s ridiculous.

Did they say what kind of water bottle it was? Like a personal reusable one, or a store bought individual water?

We’re there dents in it like it was thrown?

Was it just sitting there next to the trail, or was it on its side off the trail?

I need answers!!!

They don't have bears down there in Texas. It would have left a blood trail.

He either tossed it and walked out into the woods or someone abducted him.

tl;dr

What are the pockets people avoid? What does that mean it seems strange to put it like that.

Pockets in the woods, or pockets in the town like bad areas?

R52 yes

Creepy case. I’ll definitely be paying attention to this one.

It is odd wording r55. Would love them to clarify. I mean, it could be swampy, or deep ravine, or something totally natural but still to be avoided. Or something much darker. Would love to know exactly what she meant there.

On the Facebook page for this, one of the posts states "If you see Colby, do not approach him as he may be disoriented. Stay 20-30 feet back. "

Weird

That Facebook page is full of strange information, R59:

[quote] UPDATE!!! The news will be at the check-in location THIS AFTERNOON 5/31, starting at around 4:15/4:30. KHOU is on the way now.

[quote] In addition to folks who are volunteering to search, they want to talk to anyone who played baseball with Colby but ESPECIALLY with the families who have children that Colby coached. If you are one of these people, please comment below so the reporter can reach out to you, and please be there tomorrow, Thursday 6/1 at 10am. Corner of West Windvale Circle and Granite Ridge Dr.

[quote] Also, if you know the local baseball organizations where he may have coached in the past, please share this post with them to help get the word out. Thank you! Matt Dougherty

More interviews with the wife reveal other clues. According to her it was unlike him to go on a walk and not tell her he was going to do that. So maybe he did see something outside from the back of house, from the back windows, that drew him outside. He left the back gate open as he walked to something in the street and something happened.

That doesn’t explain the water bottle. Maybe it was thrown by the perpetrators as a decoy (but why was he carrying it? maybe he just had it with him at the time?)

He didn't take his phone or wallet with him. Phone/internet investigation will reveal something.

Amethyst Craine

[quote] Hey, Ive debated on saying this because it seems incredibly improbable that it could be him and therefore is a silly useless avenue of thought... but I did see a fella about his height with light hair in a white t-shirt and dark shorts in my back yard at 2am Saturday night on Magnolia Lane in Conroe. The guy was just kind of wandering around on the edge of Artesian Lakes when I went outside to take my dog to potty. I dont have a camera in that direction, so I cant really verify if my memory recalls it correctly nor does it seem likely he could have traveled that distance in such a short amount of time.

[quote] But Im gonna take my family out and check the woods near our property just in case tomorrow morning. I just keep thinking there are so many snakes, ravines, lakes, creeks, rivers and natural predators that could have caused him to become disoriented or injured. I am praying with all of my heart that he is returned safely to his family.

[quote] Do we know what color shirt he was wearing? Has anyone seen him on neighbor cameras? I read there were two reported sightings do we know where those sightings occurred? Im just trying to gauge how wide of a net could be possible for the search area.

According to another article the wife eventually disabled the comments on the Facebook page or pages because of disrespectful comments and spreading of disinformation.

Or maaaaybe someone was blabbing a little too much??

[quote] If you see Colby, do not approach him as he may be disoriented. Stay 20-30 feet back. Call 911 and start recording him in case he leaves.

Lots of questions in regards to this post.

Okay, here’s why. Because dehydration and possible mental distress can cause a missing person to WANT to hide from others. So approaching him might scare him into running away, losing sight of him and not finding him once again. Taking a photo (so we know EXACTLY what he looks like currently and can verify it’s him if he does run away) and calling 911 while staying at a distance but in sight of him, it allows the ems and police to arrive while he is still at that location.

We have trained mental health and ems that know how to handle a missing person once located. We don’t want someone to go into shock or if he’s suffering from anaphylactic shock, first responders know how to handle it and get him to safety.

[quote] Or maaaaybe someone was blabbing a little too much??

Tara Melissa I’m going to say this just once- if you do not have anything POSITIVE, FACTUAL or CONSTRUCTIVE to contribute, please DO NOT comment! Callie, her beautiful kids and Colby’s family are already going through enough. They do not need anyone else adding to the undeserved stress they are already enduring.

Katie Silva Garcia This sounds very different than everything that I’ve read over the past three days. It’s been written over and over that an early morning walk/meditation was part of his daily routine. Praying for his safe return.

Hmm… interesting I didn’t think of that. A snakebite or other poisonous animal causing a disoriented or hallucinogenic state. Odd, but I guess it happens.

The NY Post says that he's 6'3 and 195 lbs.

[quote] there might not necessarily have been blood if it grabbed him by the neck and dragged him away.

he's not a kitten Rose!

R67 If it was an animal, I bet it was venomous as opposed to poisonous.

Why especially the families with children he coached what's up with that?

Any reports of bright lights that morning or UFO sightings?

See "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom."

Just sayin’… he still could have had a secret drug habit. He maybe took too much, something different that he didn’t know, maybe had a bad run-in with his plug. It would explain a lot.

Quicksand

Spontaneous human combustion

It's ALWAYS Quicksand.

“Now I can get good blowjobs!”

He just found a new part time job as an engineer, and was a part time coach? How does someone make a living to support a family doing that?

Something’s not adding up about this family’s story

The look in his eyes does look a bit “off.” He may have suffered depression or had mental issues. That would also explain the unusual job situation.

Odd that a Websleuths thread started on Sunday doesn’t have a full page of posts yet.

Did they all go away on an extended holiday?

He's very cute. Maybe check the bathhouse?

Does the wife work? It does sound like a strange situation. Isn't coaching children a volunteer job?

Try this: he coaches baseball = children may = pedo may = an outraged father luring him out and then abducting and killing him. Body to be discovered in a few days.

I'm no Nancy Drew but this case is creepy, perplexing, and sad. And I sincerely hope my pedo hypothesis is false.

If this were the other way around, police would be looking closely at the husband, so someone's probably looking into the wife's' background to rule out (domestic) foul play.

7x5?

[quote]Why especially the families with children he coached what's up with that?

I'm guessing that the "news" wants to interview those people for a human interest angle to draw more attention to the story.

Why was he wearing sneakers when last seen, if it was the wife who saw him leave the bedroom before he'd gotten dressed for work?

R76 I had a borderline phobia of this when I was a kid. I was afraid to go to sleep, terrified I would burst into flames.

Quicksand.

That was my phobia as a kid R89 and I grew up in Brooklyn.

[quote] Why especially the families with children he coached what's up with that?

[quote] Try this: he coaches baseball = children may = pedo may = an outraged father luring him out and then abducting and killing him. Body to be discovered in a few days.

I was thinking that same thing, R84.

I hope that's not the case, because he doesn't look like the kind of guy who would do that sort of thing.

70s r90? We all that. TV LIED to us!

R88 What?

This is why everybody loves amateur sleuths. Sneakers? Who the hell puts on sneakers before leaving the house! GUILTY! Arrest everybody in sight!

The wackos always seem to be attracted to these kinds of missing persons stories:

[quote] Paula Spivey Stringer Today! Calling on You Jesus! May today be the day he is found. Keep him safe Lord. " For He will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone. GOD HAS COMMANDED ANGELS TO GUARD YOU. Psalm 91:11-12

Oh boy.

Maybe it was the Indiana Sex Dwarf?

Matt Bomer and Lee Pace are both from Spring, Texas.

You know it R92.

To Do List to properly assist in a missing persons search:

1. Create awareness. Share missing persons report/flyer on social media. Tape up flyer on all businesses/subdivisions/areas of activity. Alert local and state news organizations.

2. Volunteer to assist in ground search under direction with authorized entity heading up search area. This stops confusion or contamination of potential areas that can be K9 scent tracked FIRST. This also allows each persons search track to be recorded and documented, overlayed each day so the authorities and SAR teams can visually see what has been covered.

3. Do NOT discard anything while doing a search. Water bottles, tissue, etc create confusion and hinder an investigation and waste time and resources ruling them out.

4. Do NOT play keyboard private investigator or speculate. Leave the investigation to experienced detectives. If you want to help, be part of the solution by searching or supporting the search teams.

5. If you possibly see the missing person, STOP! Do not approach or scare them. Immediately take a photo of potential missing person then maintain line of visual contact. Call 911 or the authorities in charge and report your current location. Do not lose eyesight until the authorities arrive.

This could be the difference in saving a life!

Did he jump off of a party boat when it was still dark outside?

Alligators in the sewer.

Jim Parsons is from Spring as well, R97. Must be something in the water!

I lived in The Woodlands, next to Spring, years ago. Your biggest threat were snakes and sometimes wild hogs. If you were in bayous closer to Houston, alligators. This area is part of the beautiful Eat Texas pine forests, but much of it has been decimated in the last 20-30 years.

Chupacabra!

It was the Almiqui

There is a big missing piece to this story. Anyone seen video interviews of the wife?

[quote] There is a big missing piece to this story. Anyone seen video interviews of the wife?

I looked for interviews with the wife, but it seems that she called her sister down to Texas to be with her, and the wife's sister is doing all the talking for her.

Another odd thing.

Surely it’d be hard to attack or abduct a man of his size and strength without leaving any evidence. Which could mean his leaving the area of his own free will is more likely?

What’s a “plug” mentioned at r74?

Eat Texas!

been sexing a teen player that went anti-their-molester after they figured it out? or angry parent.

His Quora questions are 90% baseball, but he also worked for Uber a few years ago, and there are some random ones, like waxing a monobrow.

I thought The Woodlands, TX was a hoity toity place?

Any many who dresses like this is not gay.

It sounds like he decided to walk away from his wife and kids.

R113 Eh, I’m hopeless with fashion but I definitely suck dick. I wish all gay men came with in built fashion sense, but alas it doesn’t happen for us all.

He went out to smell the cookies.

Sorry if I missed this in the thread, but authorities actually ended their search today (May 31.) Though, the family is continuing the search with volunteers. They've also called in Texas EquuSearch. Interestingly, Texas EquuSearch and its good-hearted founder, Tim Miller, were prominently featured in the Netflix Docuseries CRIMESCENE: THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS about the hunt for a serial killer in League City area of Houston.

R112, It is. My late brother-in-law the doctor lived there.

This same exact thing happened to my mother.

How can they tell it was his waterbottle? Was it a refillable one? He could have dropped it intentionally or the attacker did when he realized it had a name on it. But why did he have it with him in the first place?

Oh he is a major cutie. They simply must find him alive. It's not nice to murder attractive people.

How long do you think it will take for his widow to put his Instagram account on private mode?

The Julian Sands Fan Club is going too far.

[quote] 4. Do NOT play keyboard private investigator or speculate. Leave the investigation to experienced detectives. If you want to help, be part of the solution by searching or supporting the search teams.

[snort!]

We ARE helping.

The more I think about this the more it makes sense he walked away of his own accord, whether severely depressed/mentally unstable, under the influence of drugs, or simply running away from his family. That’s what all the evidence points to. He could get quite far in the hours before it was discovered he was gone, and at that time of day.

If he was mentally impaired he could also have gotten far in foot then run into trouble far away from that spot. Ran into some bad people, got into a car, hid away somewhere, even took a bus, etc.

If there was a struggle/abduction outside the home it was almost unbelievably clean and quiet. NO evidence? At all?

A scheme for GoFundMe me cash? And the wife is in on it?

Yes, the more I look at photos of him and the family the more something seems not right about him. His eyes, and that smile. Not in all the photos, but enough of them. And the job situation does seem sketchy. Something ain’t right. I don’t think we’re hearing the whole story.

He's reselling thrift store finds.

If he did run away from his family life of sound mind but wanted to keep people guessing, and had planned it all, this was of course the perfect time and moment to do so. This was part of his normal routine and he knew it well.

He dead, girl.

I have a hunch that he abandoned the family. Already had another phone and money set up somewhere, so he could leave behind his cell and wallet to make it look mysterious..

31 years old, a wife and four kids and presumably a mortgage, etc? That's a lot on two part-time jobs. Much easier to chuck it all and start over. Chickenshit, but hey, at least he didn't annihilate the family. These days, that's something, I guess.

R128 what thread did you mean to post that in?

Where’s is the bedroom in relation to the back yard? Does it face the back of the house? Couldn’t the wife have heard something? Even just a vehicle?

If there was a struggle or fight why did no one hear anything? Especially that early when it’s so quiet. Wouldn’t the dogs bark too?

The wife had him killed and is covering it up.

The water bottle is a red herring.

R134 Not out of the realm of possibilities!

Are there any big oil tanks nearby? Have we discovered an affair between mom and one of the local dads? When will they subpoena her cell records?

[quote]Yes, the more I look at photos of him and the family the more something seems not right about him. His eyes, and that smile.

It's the Jehovah's Witness thing he has going on.

CHECK THE CABINS !!

Check the cottages!!

If he took his wallet, I could believe he rendezvoused with someone he had been seeing on the side and he left to start a new life. If he left his wallet, I'd be looking at the wife to see if there was anything going on with her and another man.

Will this be on Dateline in a couple of years?

You’d think if he were intentionally going to meet someone in the woods he would’ve brought his phone to facilitate the meeting should someone get lost. He either was abandoning his family, rushing to a perceived emergency, or was sneaking out trying for a covert, unplanned “experience”.

R52, It was a Denny's.

bigfoot

Spring is just north of Houston

The commentary/speculation in these comments sounds like a hillbilly Datalounge, Texas style.

Immediately to he's a down low gay who doesn't want to be found.

From the message board linked at R146:

[quote] My coworker's BIL ended up being a closet gay dude and just up and left his wife and two boys (6 and 8) one day without saying a word. Such a POS thing to do, but apparently this is kind of common with gay dudes in families with children. After seeing the pics of this dude, and combining that with the fact that he lives in The Woodlands, that's what I'm putting my money on.

[quote]After seeing the pics of this dude,

So looking "off" or like "something isn't right" means gay.

Do homos take, like, lots of long walks?

Is there brackish water near the CABINS in Spring??!?!!!!

Four kids by age 31??? What's the rush?

Based on skimming this thread, my theories are:

1. He’s a little off, but nothing to do with his disappearance. He decided to go for a walk and met an alligator or a few young “bucks”.

2. The wife did it via someone else and planted the water bottle.

Just yell out

HEY GURL!

or

MARY!

She'll pop up in mere moments.

Suicide.

R148 I’m pretty sure they mean “off” and “something isn’t right” in the context of him not appearing to fit comfortably within a heteronormative family unit.

The gate being left open like that was a dramatic touch, no?

He has to get to 50 loads before he finally goes back home.

it's taking him longer than a weekend.....

R156 Yes! DRAMA QUEEN!

stunt queen!

THE

FRAU

DID

IT

There aren’t alligators in the forests, R152. I wouldn’t rule out the wife or bucks, though.

If the animals didn’t get him I’d eat his ass.

[quote]Four kids by age 31??? What's the rush?

It's the South. They breed young.

I’m seeing father of two in the news articles.

Also from the comments.

[quote] Big "down low" community in The Woodlands. That's why we chose Cypress. Well that, home prices, and the commute. There's a reason they call it "Manther Creek". Stay away from those neighborhood parks after dusk.

Damn, shit is going on in Texas!

Also, yes to r164. not sure where "four kids" is coming from.

She done it. She kilt him for gittin with mens. She hid the body 'til she kin find a wood chipper machine like in that old movie.

R165 - some good comments on there!

[quote]Imagine you try to start running in the morning to fit some exercise in your busy life. You get eaten alive by an alligator on your first try and everyone on Texags concludes your a homo because you live near a Trader Joe's.

Those comments are nuts. So many people are such dumb pieces of shit.

[quote]Colby was last seen wearing grey Under Armour sneakers

Eeeew.

I didn't know Under Armour made sneakers.

I feel like user "BG Knocc Out" is a Datalounger trolling on Texags, though, because I was NOT expecting his comments to go in THIS direction.

His first comment...

[quote]My coworker's BIL ended up being a closet gay dude and just up and left his wife and two boys (6 and 8) one day without saying a word. Such a POS thing to do, but apparently this is kind of common with gay dudes in families with children. After seeing the pics of this dude, and combining that with the fact that he lives in The Woodlands, that's what I'm putting my money on.

When users challenge him on this comment, his response is....

[quote]Big "down low" community in The Woodlands. That's why we chose Cypress. Well that, home prices, and the commute. There's a reason they call it "Manther Creek". Stay away from those neighborhood parks after dusk.

When a user asked him if he really chose to move to Cypress because of the down low community in The Woodlands, his first response was....

[quote]Mostly the commute and home prices, but can't say that wasn't at least a small factor.

Then, one user (presumably, somewhat jokingly) asked him if he was worried that closeted gay guys from The Woodlands were going to try to come onto to him in HEB grocery. And THIS was his response....

[quote]The wife and I sat down and discussed it and thought it would be best to avoid any possible temptations. You just never know. Anyways, let's get back to the thread, I didn't mean to contribute to derail.

😂😂😂

Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, and Lee Pace all kidnapped him together to make him into their sex slave!

The problem with taking early morning walks-- or even walking out your back gate to investigate an odd noise-- in an area like that, is that you run into people who are still "partying" from the night before. And God knows what they might do to get more money to keep the party going. I'm thinking a small group of 2 or 3 perps may have tried to rob him; then when they discovered he didn't have his wallet on him it got ugly, and they disposed of him.

Texas is the only state in the US without zoning laws: one moment you're driving down a lovely tree-lined residential street, the next you're on a post-apocalyptic looking highway with shuttered businesses and groups of homeless people huddled under every overpass. The homeless situation is scary there, and this is coming from someone who lives in New York.

Though it obviously isn't Florida or Louisiana, if you google "alligator" and "The Woodlands, Texas" you'll see they do have alligators and have had multiple alligator sightings in recent years.

Do we know if the trails behind their house have ponds, swamps or fresh waterways?

So we had twink kid eaten by a shark and now twunk dad eaten by a gator?

Dingo

[quote] not sure where "four kids" is coming from

I think his wife already had two kids before she married him.

It's strange that she hasn't come forward in the media to say anything about her husband.

That she misses him, she wants him found, or even THANK YOU to all the people helping out with the search.

What a cunt.

At the very least, say thank you to the people who are working hard to look for your missing husband.

That's cause the bitch KILLED HIM

[quote]Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, and Lee Pace all kidnapped him together to make him into their sex slave!

They wouldn't have had to kidnap me. I would have gone willingly into their dungeon!

Something is off about the articles referencing, in their titles, that a search began "when the wife noticed something odd" that morning. Like she was painting the picture, if you know what I mean. Setting the scene. "It was a misty morning....Colby went on his normal mornin' walk as he usually does, although not always, but sometimes. And then.....I saw it. I saw the darndest thang. Our back gate was OPEN! Colby would NEVER leave our gate open..." It's just a bit...something.

"This article originally stated that Colby Richards worked part-time at an engineering firm and part-time as a baseball coach. He works full-time at the engineering firm and part-time as a baseball coach. "

[quote] . And then.....I saw it.

White shores…and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

[quote] He works full-time at the engineering firm and part-time as a baseball coach.

Not anymore.

He’s smelling cookies and the wife looks awfully butch.

She’s 4 years older, second marriage already, and not very attractive. She also sounds rather uneducated in the quotes she’s given the press. In other words— he married way down.

Lavender marriage.

Possible he decided to just disappear. If he’s an engineer, he’s probably organized enough to duplicate all his stuff (cards, phone, license) before leaving.

What’s hilarious is all these freaks who either try to fake their own deaths OR fake an abduction of their spouses (a la Scott Peterson) all do it to avoid the messiness of divorce. But you can’t get messier than this!

so these are DL conclusions:

he did things that morning that weren't normal so this means he is 100% gay.

The wife must have done something to him because she is not attractive enough for DL and she is a few years older than him.

please, don't any of you ever go into detective work and it would be good if you could find a way of not having to serve on a jury if you are called.

[quote] What’s hilarious is all these freaks who either try to fake their own deaths OR fake an abduction of their spouses (a la Scott Peterson) all do it to avoid the messiness of divorce. But you can’t get messier than this!

Actually, it can.

-Shan'ann Watts

This is absolutely a Grindr or Scruff hookup gone wrong.

I can't imagine how anyone in this day and age could make themselves disappear and start a new life under an alias somewhere else. How would you even begin to do that in this modern technological world?

Marry me, R186!

r184 r185

Sure are a lot of big teeth in this marriage. Oh, and the satellites have confirmed his gayness from space.

I don't know for sure, but I suspect there aren't a lot of Grindr and Scruff hookups at 5 or 6 in the morning. That seems more an evening or late night activity. A certain dim lighting is a help in many such encounters, I'm sure.

What if the search team accidentally finds Julian Sands instead? It could involve UFO's.

R189: let's hope he knows Fortran to survive in this busy and modern world.

[quote]I don't know for sure, but I suspect there aren't a lot of Grindr and Scruff hookups at 5 or 6 in the morning.

There are a lot at those hours.

Starting the day with some elaborate early.morning routine of gym and driving to get a coffee and taking the dog for a walk, oh, and an online hookup all hours before normal people start their work day is a much better cover than doing those things at midnight.

Early morning speaks to ingenuity, to the healthy pursuit of ambition. Late night speaks to shadiness and suspicion -- and your hours at the gym are not added up so charitably.

Apps are very much active at those hours.

I think the youth baseball thing implies that another family had a problem with him not playing their kid, or some other coaching beef, not that he's a pedo. Baseball is even more serious than football here. (That hottie Amendola is from that area). Also, I think the "bad areas" probably refers to neighborhoods where black or Hispanic people live. There are a few out there, though generally the area is "redneck with a small bit of money." A lot of energy companies are hq'ed in the Woodlands but this family seems more baseball redneck than that.

Actually, that does make sense r196. I'm so not a morning person, it's probably shaping my whole view of this thing.

Interesting. Another male disappeared in the very early hours of the morning while on a Ft. Worth, TX hiking trail on May 19th. A lone water bottle beside the trail was the only initial clue.

[quote] I suspect there aren't a lot of Grindr and Scruff hookups at 5 or 6 in the morning.

My experiences were pre-app days, but I often hooked up with down low daddies or married men at those hours. It was easier to meet then for most of them than to justify being late coming home from work.

Similarities?

R199 Oops, I posted that wrong. The hiker was FROM Ft. Worth. He disappeared in Houston area.

R201 Wow!

Ok, what the actual fuck?!

Damn r201. This is odd:

[quote] Authorities do not believe there is foul play involved at this time. It is believed Berardi may have had a friend pick him up and been driven to a different location.

Not sure where that came from.

I think he lost his mind and got lost in the woods and died of heat.

Where is Oracle?

"He just found a new part time job as an engineer, and was a part time coach? How does someone make a living to support a family doing that?"

And there was a house with a yard, too, and part-time jobs aren't going to cover that! So my guess is that the wife was the chief breadwinner, and was doing all or most of the childcare and housework, while he went for walks and played sports. And that's why she killed him.

The body is anywhere except the nearby woods.

[quote] I don't know for sure, but I suspect there aren't a lot of Grindr and Scruff hookups at 5 or 6 in the morning.

Oh, honey.

You have no idea.

My straight fuck buddy insists on early morning hookups, because it's the only time his wife won't suspect him of cheating.

He just says he's leaving for work.

His behavior is so odd, I think she had her bf abduct him and sent him swimming with the fish in the local lake.

R208 Yup.

Married men also love that it's pretty clear that things have to be quick - not two pump chump quick, but there's no messiness about anyone leaving too early or not kissing or sucking or doing whatever enough or....should I stay or go. There's a focus on experiencing the pleasure and enjoying it for whatever time is available.

And most older men I know (35+) have more functional cocks in the morning. They're refreshed from sleep and raring to go.

R202 Ratcliff is 130mi from Houston. It’s in Houston County, but Houston, TX is in Harris County.

R186 Please learn to write in English.

"I'm so not"

R198 You are so not an intelligent person.

Early morning f**** have always been a thing for as long as I've been hooking up. And that's going on like 25 years now.

He took a walk.

[quote] f****

?

R216 Gee, I wonder what that word could be?!

R214 This isn't the Weekly Reader, dear. You can use grown up words here.

My voice to text automatically censors me so f*** off.

He's fine! He sends his love!

R155 : It's because of his weird face and unnatural facial expression.

He needs a good buckfucking.

Were any Soft Butch Sous Chefs in the area? DL will solve this case.

R223, ask R19. He may have already solved it.

Has Julian Sands commented?

I’m doubting there was foul play here. It looks to me like a body will turn up somewhere hidden (suicide), or more likely he’ll have run off for whatever reason (in which case he may never be found). The family seems to have a lot of skeletons in their closets.

If he did run off, imagine all those people from the community that volunteered for the search parties are gonna be piiiiiiissed!

As someone pointed out above, in today’s highly technological times it’s much harder to just vanish. There are cameras everywhere. Leaving his cell phone and wallet was a good start though. He really had to have put a lot of thought into this.

[quote] In today’s highly technological times it’s much harder to just vanish. There are cameras everywhere. Leaving his cell phone and wallet was a good start though

I never thought about it, but leaving the phone behind was smart, if he just wants to vanish.

Now, no one can ping his phone and try to locate him.

It's starting to look more like his disappearance was deliberate.

In some photos he looks like the singer from Haircut 100.

R230 Nick Heyward was so hot

Re: the part-time job. Someone posted it earlier, but a news outlet corrected that and said he worked FULL-TIME as an engineer and PART-TIME as the coach.

Um yeah it was probably pretty deliberate. He's the one that left.

On his insta he looks sad.

First impression:

The phone and wallet being left behind makes me suspect the wife. (The story about the gate would be a lie.) Investigators need to do the deepest dive into her cellphone, its movements, her social media, and questioning her friends/ coworkers/ acquaintances.

I've probably been watching too much ID Network.

Did the police immediately go after Him the minute the wife called saying the. A k hate was left open? Or did she have to wait 72 hours like anyone else

* the gate open

Don’t hate the A k!

I'm thinking the wife. The gate is a rouse to make it look like maybe he was abducted. If he had been planning to leave, there's no way he'd leave his phone and his wallet. She also planted the water bottle.

Why, though, R238?

IF she did it, WHY did she do it?

r239 She was over the relationship for whatever reason, maybe she met someone else, maybe she was sick of supporting him, maybe she caught him with someone else, who knows? We won't know the details until she's arrested.

Ok but what about the other missing Texas guy that R201 posted upthread?

Vincent Berardi left his house at 5:30am on May 23, with a water bottle which was found at a trail head. The following day this guy Colby leaves his house with a water bottle at 5:30am. And his water bottle is then found at a trail head. And now both are missing.

They lived 100 miles apart.

WTF???????

"The Mystery of the Water Bottle Muggers," by Carolyn Keene.

Call Hercule Poirot

R241 I agree! Many similarities. I wonder if there are others?

Hmm… another serial killer?

R241 Copycat crime set up by the wife.

R246 Ohhh… she’s good.

[quote] Hmm… another serial killer?

Given that it was before breakfast, perhaps it’s a cereal killer.

[quote] The gate is a rouse

Oh, dear.

She killed him and they can look all they want to in that woods or WTF ever it is, but she killed him and took him somewhere to dump him. The elaborate story about the gate being open is an indication she is talking too much. Now motive? Maybe he is Gay and was hooking up. Maybe there was insurance involved. Maybe they fought and he hit her and she went after him and it was an accident. See if it was an accident it's the cover up that'll get her. They need to go over his coaching and job stuff with a fine tooth comb to see if he had an affair or two. Maybe he got himself in trouble while coaching. I agree with R234, R238, and I have to say, R241, I think she got the idea from that. So I also agree with R246. They're gonna find his body. Did they check their vehicles for mud or stuff? Make a mold of the tire tracks to compare with others they may find? Did they check for blood or evidence in her trunk?

[quote] Did they check their vehicles for mud or stuff? Make a mold of the tire tracks to compare with others they may find? Did they check for blood or evidence in her trunk?

There's no way they've thought of those things - better call them to let them know.

If someone murdered them I think they would have gotten rid of the water bottles which leads me back to bigfoot. So many sightings in those areas over the years.

How could she lug his dead anywhere?

His dead?

[quote] She killed him and they can look all they want to in that woods or WTF ever it is, but she killed him and took him somewhere to dump him. The elaborate story about the gate being open is an indication she is talking too much

Killer cunt.

Lock her up and FRY her!

R253 maybe she and her husband went in the car together to some spot and she killed him. She could have drugged him then killed him.How far do these people live from water?

Double Indemnity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If she did do it, you can bet she’s spinning her victim narrative web now. Women have zero accountability and always think they’re justified to commit the most heinous acts.

R258, and yet 90% of homicides are committed by men

I think he tripped on a rock and hit his head.

R259 actually men only commit murders at seven times the rate of women. But we know this is the one time that you gals will get homophobic and say that all those women are actually just trans.

Fuck off, r258. Are you mad at your mom today?

R262 no, did your Dad molest you?

You know, it is highly possible that women are undercounted in the murder department. I accept and believe the fact that most murders are committed by men, but I also feel like women get away with it more than they should.

R264, in every country on planet earth women commit fewer homicides than men, even in countries where there are few homicides that go unsolved (which demolishes the "undercounted" argument)

WHAAAAAAAAAATTTT??? Well thank God.

“Montgomery County Sheriff's Office can confirm that Colby Richards has been found safe walking in the area of Research Forest and Kuykendahl, The Woodlands. Mr. Richards is being evaluated by MCHD medics and a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Mental Health Unit.

Detectives will eventually speak with Colby Richards about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance; however, it will be some time before he is interviewed.

Thank you to our community, Montgomery County Search and Rescue, DPS, and all the volunteers who aided in the search for Mr. Richards.”

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

Did he pull a Sherri Papini?

Laughing at all the Men's Rights Activists who insisted his wife killed him

Wow…

Well, r266, I just came to comment that a missing male has a far greater chance of being found alive than a missing female, and Voila!

Wasn’t expecting to see this!

Co-workers of missing dad of 2 Colby Richards say he was ‘zoning out’ for days before mysteriously vanishing

Can’t wait to hear the details. So far, we can only surmise he disappeared because: he went nuts.

It could be medically related.

I'm guessing fugue state. Decades ago, I worked for a mental health crisis facility in a rural county in Northern California. The county hospital sent us a well dressed woman who was found wandering in the street. Very pleasant, if a bit dim. She couldn't recall how she got there, but fortunately had ID. She was from Utah and clearly struggling with memory issues. Over her two week stay she did regain memory. We put her on a bus back home to her family.

The only logical explanation is that he spiraled into a delusional state in an effort to escape the weight of his family. They really do look a bit chubby compared to him.

It’s okay to admit you’re just a tiny bit disappointed

Attention whore cunt!

Leaving the gate open like that was the biggest tell.

Da-RAMA!

R278, damn right I’m disappointed. I wanted something much more interesting from this story.

R281 Agree. As soon as I saw this I was like, “Damn.”

More dirt will “come out.”

It's interesting that the parents of children he coached were asked to be interviewed, even those he'd coached in the past. But a family member who spoke to coworkers who said he looked tired and zoned out at his computer had to contact the police with the information about his possible state of mind before they interviewed them. Huh? Wouldn't you go to those who spend eight hours a day first rather than parents who have more limited contact and interaction?

Maybe police jumped on the homophobic angle first?

So, the doofus got lost in the woods?

R285 Yeah, yeah that’s what happened!

Well this is very anticlimactic, and I think you owe us all an apology Mister Richards!

Unless it included an "encounter," in which case you owe us size meat verificatia.

I hope he had his Kula cloth with him.

Were his drawers soiled?

So much for that Lifetime movie.

See you at practice, kids!

[quote] See you at practice, kids!

Rofl.

Bright and early, Monday morning!

After my morning walk!

I’m glad he was found safe!

Speak for yourself, R295. I wanted drama!

[quote] however, it will be some time before he is interviewed.

Wonder why. If it's because of dehydration and lack of food causing disorientation, I wonder what the working theory is on how he became that lost and wandering, and why his water bottle was dropped so close to where he lives.

The cousin had said that his tiredness at work was likely due to having two very young kids at home contributing to a lack of sleep, and she said that he has never been diagnosed with a health or mental health problem. Strange story, but good news for the family now. That must have been a nightmare.

Love’s Truck Stop, exit 71. Far bathrooms, last stall on the left. Nice cut cock. Very polite. I can tell you where the mole is.

Locked in a cupboard by the male side piece.

r297 - Acute stress has been implicated in the development of dissociative fugue states, so his co-workers accounts ring true. It seems like he was moving in that direction. He acquired a new family at a very young age and at 32 was dealing with family life and dealing with shitty, demanding TX baseball parents. Those two factors despite being told to ",deal with it" might have been enough to put him 'round the bend.

I hope that the discrediting of "Sybil-like" multiple personalities doesn't discredit someone like this. There was duress and probably a vulnerability. Dissociation does exist, but not in dramatic Sybil-like properties..

Interesting, R300. Helps explain this unusual event.

In a box as a Gimp.

Wait he found?

So he had a mental breakdown. Rough.

Bless him, people don't give enough attention to how much stress men are under these days.

R303 "Wait he found?" Are you attempting to say "Was he found?" I wonder if you meant, "Wait, he has been found?"

If you are capable of reading even 1/5 of the threads above yours, you would know that the missing person has been found.

How long was he gone for?

R307 a week

R308 How did he eat? A week is a long time.

He looks a bit too skinny for Ozempic…

R308 poor guy. And his pinga must have been kicking out a right pong!

Didn't this "Texas dad" vanish BEFORE "wife makes odd discovery in backyard"??

Yeah good question. How did he eat and get water? Scavenging through the odd dumpster, and streams?

R312 Jism has a lot of protein.

This could start to get interesting again as stories are told. He was found walking in the area of Research Forest and The Woodlands, wherever that is. No more information available for now. So he was just out there wandering around in the woods for a week?

Okay.

I'm thinking fling, bender, or someone gave him some pills and said they were fun.

Or maybe he couldn't take one more hour of screaming kids.

When people want to go, let them go

Ambien has made people disassociate but a week seems pretty long. Most likely he had a sudden psychotic break due to stress. My sister who had no prior mental illness went wandering off one day saying she was walking to her friend's house (who lived in another state.) We jumped in the car to follow her but she screamed at us that she would call the cops if we didn't leave her alone. That gave us the idea to call the cops, who took her to the emergency room. If we hadn't been there when she went charging off she could have easily been lost for weeks.

The poor wife had to endure a week of being a DL "person of interest" - not only as murderer or accessory to murder, but worse... beard!

The family will draw up the mote bridges. The wife who has been a scarcity will say no more now, leaving it to the (sister was it?) as family spokesperson to issue a short public thanks and call for privacy at this time.

And it will be years before anything more is heard of any of them.

R314, The Woodlands is a pricey suburb of Houston. I have in-laws there.

Twitter is divided into two camps.

There’s the optimistic, “Praise Jesus! Good work everyone! He’s found alive! They’re a family again! I love happy endings!” Crowd.

Then there’s the cynical, “Um, there’s still a lot of unexplained shit. They’re still hiding something. This doesn’t add up. This family is deeply dysfunctional.” Crowd.

He may have been found in a badly dehydrated and malnourished state. He could survive for that length of time, but he’d physically be a wreck.

R314, Research Forest and Kuykendahl, where he was found, are STREETS. The city is called The Woodlands. And it’s not that heavily wooded anymore, due to development. I’m guessing he was dropped off by there, or was hiding and confused for some medical reason.

There is probably a pre-existing severe and documented physical or mental health issue the wife communicated to the police in the initial call. They just didn’t want to advertise it. Doubt the guy didn’t pulled a Shari Pappini, he is probably sick.

R271 Cameron Robbins disagrees with you.

[quote]R269: Laughing at all the Men's Rights Activists who insisted his wife killed him

My suggestion at R234 has nothing to do with MRA, or any belief in the inherent guilt of women. That fact is that statistically speaking, murder is generally done by a spouse or other near relative rather than by strangers. If it were she who was missing, we'd have no difficulty in suspecting the surviving spouse. And technically, it probably wouldn't have been her alone, but her and whoever she hired, or her as-yet-undiscovered lover/partner who helped carry it out. She'd have needed help to do it.

R59's post seems to have anticipated this outcome; somebody knew something. I don't have Facebook, so I can't look at the post in situ.

R318, The beard theory is not (yet) refuted.

Found him safe!

R329. Where the fuck have you been?

I think "beard theory" might be misnaming "wild guess based on nothing at all."

One of the rare happy ending stories.

Was he found fully padded?

R326, men are usually killed by other men, not women

You're playing the "women have it easy" card but you guys are making excuses for him just because he's an attractive man. Dissociative fugue, my ass. If this was a woman, you'd compare her to Sherri Papini

Research Forest and Kuykendahl are pretty well traveled roads. I find it hard to believe that search teams couldn't find him or he wasn't seen by anyone. I think he was picked up and dropped off.

It's still the wife's fault.

He went from an easy going guy in his 20's, to having two step kids and two kids of his own.

FOUR kids at 31 years old, and then coaching more kids at basketball practice.

I'd have a nervous breakdown too!

Pretty sure she didn't force him to get married or become a dad

A man will just kill you, a woman will mentally abuse you for a decade until you kill yourself.

Live by the pussy, die by the cunt.

And yet plenty of gay men have been killed by grindr tricks. Live by the cock...

You’re right R341

Women are infallible

You think men are infallible

“Dirty, and drinking from a garden hose.”

R343 no, but you’re sure trying to project that belief onto me.

There is a difference between a drunk redneck abuser and nerdy incel engineers.

ALL MEN WHO ARE NOT COMPLETELY EMASCULATED AND HUGE HOMOSEXUALS AKA QUEERS ARE EVIL RAPIST, MURDERERS!

You're the one demonizing women while accusing me of demonizing men

But ya are, Blanche! R347

The mindfuck Frau at R347 is a great example of subtle mental abuse.

“You're the one demonizing women while accusing me of demonizing men”

AKA I’m good, you’re bad. I’m right, you’re wrong.

“YOU ARE DOING IT, I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING, SIMPLY BEING ACCUSED BY YOU!”

🐂💩

So… he ran away. Then later changed his mind. He returned to the area he knew people were looking for him and smeared dirt on himself and drank from a garden hose and made himself “visible.”

The “spaced out at work” thing may have been a ruse. He could have been planning this all along.

[quote] So… he ran away. Then later changed his mind. He returned to the area he knew people were looking for him and smeared dirt on himself and drank from a garden hose and made himself “visible.”

He's a keeper!

And don't forget basketball practice on Monday!

[quote] The “spaced out at work” thing may have been a ruse. He could have been planning this all along.

Planning what, exactly? His great escape?

Crappy plan, if you ask me.

R351, probably. But some people will run with the "dissociative fugue" thing to give him an out

I think it’s safe to say he isn’t exactly MENSA-qualified.

So in summation, ladies and gentlemen of the jury: he's a gay, nerdy, incel with a wife and kids who ran away from home because his wife was going to kill him because of his habit of running into the woods and having sex and leaving the gate open but he changed his mind and decided to spray water on himself instead before returning home.

Please find my client, nay, please find ALL WOMEN EVERYWHERE, guilty of murder, or fraudom, or something. Thank you.

Have people on this thread ever heard of Occam's Razor?

I agree with a post above, I think we’ll hear very little about the whole matter when someone does speak to the press. And after that, the family will clam up and we’ll never really learn any details. it will all be kept private.

I think they’ve had a taste of the unrelenting eye of public attention, and don’t want any more.

As it should be, r358. It's a private family matter.

[QUOTE]if this was a woman, you'd compare her to Sherri Papini

Why do you believe that? There was ton of information about Papini that came out even before she was found that make her look like a dubious person, to say the least. Old SM posts declaring "white pride," past incidents of bizarre attention seeking including a previous disappearance, theft from her mother, kicking down the backdoor of the family home, etc. Judging from her mother's SM posts (very breezy "Hey, if you want a a recommendation for good Mexican...), she probably suspected he daughter pulled another fast one. Her story became suspect the moment she opened her mouth and the sheriff knew it.

From what we know, this guy was all-American boring. Yes, the family clammed up, but there isn't a trail of receipts of past anti-social behavior, unlike Papini. He likely has some mental health issues and he and his family are entitled to privacy.

So, no, if Colby were a woman he wouldn't be compared to Papini.

R356 Eh, you tried

I bet he'd been using a water hose the entire week...and worked up a thirst.

[quote] So in summation, ladies and gentlemen of the jury: he's a gay, nerdy, incel with a wife and kids who ran away from home because his wife was going to kill him because of his habit of running into the woods and having sex and leaving the gate open but he changed his mind and decided to spray water on himself instead before returning home.

That's a better story than the actual story.

Spaced out at work = high

"[R269]: Laughing at all the Men's Rights Activists who insisted his wife killed him"

I said I suspected the wife above, and I am the opposite of an MRA nutball. It's just that I know a lot of straight married women, and at least half of them are about one wet toilet seat away from killing their husbands.

He hates his life. He wants the free fuck life again.

That's why he does drugs. That's why he ran away. The drugs told him there was a portal in the woods.

[quote]R335: [R326], men are usually killed by other men, not women... You're playing the "women have it easy" card but you guys are making excuses for him just because he's an attractive man. Dissociative fugue, my ass. If this was a woman, you'd compare her to Sherri Papini

You clearly didn't anything I posted at R326; you're addressing things said by others in the thread, not me.

Someone keep posting about "fugue states", and while that's a possibility, it's FAR more likely that he just tried to get the fuck way from the hellish life he'd made for himself, as the suburban dad of young children.

Parents of children of screaming age all claim they're happy but appear to be 100% miserable, the women more than the men because the men feel free to blow off childcare and housework, but most of the men feel unloved and trapped. Once the thrill of new parenthood has worn off the dads realize small children are self-centered rather than adoring, and their wives have stopped expressing much affection (largely because they're doing all the housework and childcare that the husband has blown off), and that their life is now all responsibility and no reward. So some dads get out and attempt to regain their personal happiness, through divorce or affairs or ignoring the fam while they game, or actually just walking out one morning.

I don't know what he was running to, whether it was a mistress, drugs, the Mexican border, or dick, but he realized that in today's world you can't run. Because yes, running away from personal unhappiness is FAR more likely than a fugue state.

FUBAR state is more like it

@R366, "didn't 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 anything"

Seriously, you think literally running into the woods is the best strategy for running away from your problems r367? That not hopping into the car, and taking his phone, might not be a slightly more likely way to do that? That throwing away a water bottle was all part of the plan?

Yes, I think the best explanation remains that somehow he got disoriented and wandered off and then just couldn't get back or forgot what he was doing or something. I know that isn't as fun but it is much more likely than any DL fantasy being spun out.

Also, I don't think parents with screaming age kids all claim to be happy. They claim to be putting up with some obnoxious and annoying shit, which hopefully gets better, because they love their kids. Some do abandon them, and that's actually pretty fucking awful, but most somehow manage to stick it out, as hopefully your parents did.

R370, it's the "fugue state" crap that is bullshit. DL fantasy from MRAs who would never give a woman the benefit of the doubt that way - they'd assume she willingly left even though men are more likely to voluntarily disappear than women

"Seriously, you think literally running into the woods is the best strategy for running away from your problems [R367]? "

What the hell did I say about "best strategies"? It was idiotic! No, if he was running away from his problems, and not off his head in some natural or chemically assisted way, then running off without his wallet was probably an impulsive act. Because anyone who's actively planned to run off and start new life, takes their important documents and empties the family bank account first.

And if it was an impulse, the act of a man who couldn't take one more scream from those damn kids, and who then realized it wasn't that easy. He came back, and whatever story he tells the world is going to be bullshit.

Actually, r371, I'm a female (if you don't believe me, check my history and recent post on the Elliott Page/gay bars thread). You probably won't believe me about this either, but here goes -- I have a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, though it was never my intent to be a clinician. The thought of being faculty rapidly became unappealing, so after my internship I went into research in the private sector. But thanks for your lame attempt at clairvoyance. MRA. Tee, hee.

Speaking of bullshit,

[QUOTE]I don't know what he was running to, whether it was a mistress, drugs, the Mexican border, or dick, but he realized that in today's world you can't run

You know engineers do possess a modicum of intelligence, right? And that they're aware of many of the latest technological advancements. Geek stuff, you know? And if you buy the stereotype, they're pretty squared away and logical problem solvers, approaching tasks in a thoughtful and certainly not impulsive manner. So he decides to bolt, leaves the house with nothing but his clothes and seemingly no plans expecting a successful getaway? And despite his wealth of knowledge suddenly realizes "Oopsie. I can't run away in the modern world!" Uh, huh.

R373, are you the one who keeps bringing up "fugue states"?

Look, I don't dispute the existence of fugue states or discount that as a possibility.

I just think that stupid decisions, unhappy families, and street drugs are a lot more common than fugue states.

They are a lot more common, r374, but the police began their search within hours. That doesn't happen without good reason. It might not have been a fugue state, but there is almost certainly a mental health crisis involved.

Dehydration, malnutrition, sleep deprivation, or even an infection, all can cause a mental breakdown of sorts.

[quote] the police began their search within hours

Not uncommon at all for an area like The Woodlands

Beautiful smile and sad eyes. It's great that they've found him, but I feel bad for him long term - when one searches his name, his whole "being lost" or "escape" or whatever it was will show up more than something normal?

Yes, I am r374. I'm not r375, though. I've been out of the biz for quite a while so I can't comment about incidence and prevalence.

R373 what's a PhD doing fighting with anon twits on the internet? I'd want my clinical psychologist to be smarter than that. Bitch I'm going to see you to get me out of my bad habits!

Nervous breakdown. Case closed. Lost his mind.

Colby & the wife have matching Donny & Marie Osmond teeth, weird.

High ankle sprain and confinement, r380.

Colby is certainly no Sister Wilhelmina.

[post redacted because independent.co.uk thinks that links to their ridiculous rag are a bad thing. Somebody might want to tell them how the internet works. Or not. We don't really care. They do suck though. Our advice is that you should not click on the link and whatever you do, don't read their truly terrible articles.]

This will surely go down in history as the most mysterious and shocking disappearance since Agatha Christie's in 1926.

This guy probably had a Margot Kidder-like incident where she was found days later dirty and disoriented. Drugs and alcohol were ruled out as the cause of her lost wanderings.

If he was planning to escape his marriage, he would probably do it in a way similar to Olivia Newton John's boyfriend who got on a fishing boat and secretly jumped off at some point, never to be heard from again.

Please don't leave me waiting.

R387, Kidder struggled bipolar disorder through her adult life, and there were no hints of Colby Richards having the same illness or any mental issues, in all the search-related publicity. And as I'm sure our PhD in Psychology will be glad to explain in detail, Bipolar doesn't appear out of the blue at age 31.

I suppose he could have had undiagnosed bipolar, or the family could have been in denial or kept quiet about previous symptoms, but this is not proven to be mental illness. It's very rare for people to go from functional one day to batshit the next, most serious mental illnesses cause long-term problems.

You're such a kind soul, r389, to keep referring to me!

All-around mental illness.

People do strange things when life gets tough, don't judge!

[quote]R389 Kidder struggled bipolar disorder through her adult life

Okay, I didn't know that. The rest of you post is interesting and leaves this event a mystery again.

R366, ironic. You yourself accuse people of saying things they never have in threads they've never seen.

[quote] Not uncommon at all for an area like The Woodlands

The cops aren't going to spring into action for a missing husband hours after he's reported just because it's the Woodlands. I've lived over half my life in wealthy Houston suburbs. There has to be something more to it that's not being publicized.

Did the medical exam speak to the integrity of his maidenhead?

They are in the Woodlands area for a white father

Has this man or his wife spoken publicly since his "disappearance?"

[quote] What’s a “plug” mentioned at [R74]?

r108 Buttplug

[Quote]I'm guessing fugue state.

Colby Richards is The Fugue-itive.

We call this “Pulling a Papini.”

[Quote]“Dirty, and drinking from a garden hose.”

👽 abduction

Never mind him. Where's Colby Keller?

Is there size meat verificatia up thread?

Yay, there's hope for Julian Sands!

I've heard no new updates

R407 - I'm guessing some kind of breakdown and authorities are considering it a personal matter.

We deserve to know! They always do this, get us all invested and then ask for privacy, it's bullshit!

R409 agreed

Some redditors think it was a go fund me scam. Maybe, at first the GFM was to help find him and now it's to pay medical expenses.

Still no updates on this twatwaffle?

I could've sworn he turned back up after a few days. Maybe I imagined it. Is he the guy who coached kids baseball?

R413 - Richards was found... he had been missing for a week, so this tale essentially ended back in June. A quick google search and I didn't see any news reporting on this after the police announcement.

Did he live near a town leader (Mayor, Minister, Police Chief) who nobody would ever suspect?

It's strange that a father of two has pics of dogs and wife and food but no kids on his Instagram.

Meth

Okay, but WTF happened?

He was found wandering in the woods. I need a SUBTANTIAL update with details on what actually happened.

I'm glad he's OK. I've heard of young dads having mental health crises. The responsibility flips 'em out a little bit. And they need or just take a break if there's other mental concerns going on.

He has gay face for days.

Wanted to leave his fat frau wife and kids, I'm guessing. Sucked cock and blew clouds and got lost after a breakdown.

He and his wife are covering up something. And it ain't exactly kosher.

My pussy stinks.

I would suck that tall boy so hard his head would cave in!

Somewhere somebody has a video of what happened. You don't just disappear into the woods on a night when the baths have closed early because of a burst pipe, and come back home bowlegged and crowned May Queen by accident!

This case is going to break wide open some day, and the girls at DL Confidential will be there!

I wonder if he came home with a cheesy willy

[quote]He "did like to go out" onto the Greenway for walks, sometimes in the morning and sometimes after work, but it was not a regular occurrence, his cousin explained.

"The Greenway" - is that like The Rambles?

[quote] with a cheesy willy

huh?

10 to 1 the wife did it.

smell HER

Check the bath houses!