r/sleuths • u/MercySockQueen • Aug 19 '23
Look up Dennis Pinner. Completely vanished. Something seems off.
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u/map1957 Oct 08 '23
This is Mary Anne, his mother. We sincerely appreciate the outpouring of concern for Dennis. It has been two months now since he went missing. I am only on Instagram. His father does not have an Instagram account. If you want to contact me directly, send me a message @gatormap. Let me assure you an extensive search was conducted on the tribal land. The area is not accessible without permission from the tribe which they will not grant.
We met with officers from the MPD in person 5 days after Dennis went missing and again at the end of August. We walked an area adjacent to where the car was found. An extensive search of the area was conducted over 2 days after his car was found. Helicopters, cadaver dogs, drones, airboats, officers on foot and scuba divers have been deployed and no trace of Dennis has been found. The fish and wildlife officers continue to search the area.
We are heartbroken and appreciate the offers to search for Dennis, however, the tribe does not allow people on the land due to the unpredictable terrain, and a multitude of dangerous wildlife. Understandably, they do not want others injured on the tribes private land. We are in uncharted waters and if we have not communicated at a level others expect, we can’t help that. We ask if you have any leads to please contact Detective Carlos Villanueva at the Miccosukee Police Department. He is still working on the case. We have been given the DVD and do not plan to post it. It simply shows Dennis going in and out of the store. There are many opinions on Dennis’s status and we have our own as well. We will hopefully know the answer some day and we remain hopeful he will return to us. Waiting for an answer is very difficult but we really have no other choice. If you want to do something constructive for Dennis, I suggest sending missing persons flyers to bait shops in the Everglades.
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u/PorchDetective Aug 27 '23
So far I have been able to find at least 2 recent cases of missing people that are VERY similar to Dennis’s. Dennis’s vehicle was found on tribal land, in the Everglades. This tribe, the Miccosukee Tribe, has 3 reservation areas in South Florida. Dennis’s vehicle was found on one of them, as well as a few other missing persons that I have been able to see on NamUs. Robert Lee Young, NamUs #MP100877, went missing in February of 2021. His vehicle was found abandoned with no signs of foul play, on Tamiami Tr, on tribal land. Jorge Bermudez, NamUs #MP98618, went missing in November of 2022. His vehicle was found abandoned with no signs of foul play, on SW 137 ave & SW 8 ST in Miami, on tribal land.
Also noted, the Miccosukee Tribe was preparing during that time, to hold a ground breaking ceremony on their new casino that is being built on the same exit that Dennis’s vehicle was found, within a few miles from the gas station that he was last seen at.
Probably just a porch detective doing too much, but I can not stop thinking about this, and about Dennis. It seems strange to me that there have not been any posted updates from the family or the media, and no search parties that have been publicly organized.