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Yall please help me get the word out on Keith. He is a fmaily member of one of my dearest friends.   He went missing from Cooey Rd. in East Brooks Coutny but lives off of Rocky Ford Rd. in Valdosta. He went missing on Tues. Aug 4th. They have found his truck, cell phone, glasses and shoes....BUT, unfortunately, not him. They have had the dogs search, people on horses, land on foot and nothing. Please get this to all the people you know.....maybe someone knows or saw something. HIs name is KEITH ALLEN ROCHELEAU (pronounced RUSHLOW).....Any of you who can help me get a flier or something together, let me know. I am not good at that part, I am just good at getting the information out. 


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Man missing since Aug. 4
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_222233443.html
VALDOSTA — Law enforcement officers continue to search for a man reportedly missing for several days.

Keith Allen Rocheleau, 47, was reported missing to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, Aug. 7, according to reports. He was last seen by his parents on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at his residence on Barrett Lane in Lowndes County.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, “Keith Rocheleau lives on Barrett Lane by himself.

His parents, who live on Cooey Road in Brooks County, had gone out of town and left Rocheleau to watch their home.

When they returned, they discovered that his vehicle had been stuck in mud and abandoned.

Indications are that Rocheleau had attempted to free his vehicle by using his father’s vehicle. The father’s vehicle was found stuck and abandoned in the road ditch also on Cooey Road.”

All of Rocheleau’s medications, his cellular phone and other items were left behind.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Rocheleau is encouraged to call the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 671-2950.

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Please let me know if yall can help.

has his family made him a facebook and/or myspace page?  Need to get info and his face circulating.

Shellbell - is this pic or the one with a mustache only most like he looks right now?  Can you get his height, weight, eye color those things off maybe driver's license?

I see Ed up there and I bet he will have great ideas.  But, I would gather that information - see if you can determine what clothes are missing or what he was last wearing (someone hopefully saw him that day).  It said he left his medicines behind - are they critical meds?  If so, you want it to read ENDANGERED MISSING and info on his illness.  (he might show up at an er or have symptoms that will alert anyone coming across him to his condition) 
Then have a poster made - on the computer and take the disk to local printing shops and ask them if they can donate some printing or give you a great price.
I know there are better graphic monkeys than me, but if nobody can help you my email is in my profile - I will try to make it with the info you can gather.  I am decent at that type of thing, but I know we have some monkeys who are great.
Hugs to you and the family.

Shellbell - My prayers are with you all.  May Keith be found safe and sound.  ::MonkeyAngel::

Shellbell, my prayers are with your friend and her family.  Does he have a disability of any sort that he needs meds for?  Can you check his doctor's office?

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Shellbell. I saw someone asked about a facebook site about him being missing. If there is one, can you please post it so I can post on my facebook.

God Bless him, his family and you at this time. I pray he is okay. TIA JSM

What a strange situation.. Almost like he got frustrated and walked off. But by this date he should have resurfaced.
What kind of medications? Does he have a large friend group ? What does he do for a living ?

 

ShellBell has anyone called Tim Miller???  If not get one of the family members on it ASAP!!

A SEARCH is being organized for KEITH for tomorrow, Wednesday, September 26th at 9 a.m......Anyone who can participate please meet at the store on the corner of Rocky Ford Road and Hwy 84 W Valdosta. BRING 4-WHEELERS IF YOU HAVE THEM........


I have not contacted Tim Miller. I sent an email but I dont know if it is the right one.  I was thinking about getting a group to order food so the family dont have to pay for it.

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1231118617419&mbox_pos=0#/group.php?gid=119172647434&ref=ts

I received an error from that link, can you copy & paste? 

Wishing you blessings for your search.  Praying for answers.

http://www.moultrieobserver.com/local/local_story_237225625.html
Published August 25, 2009 10:56 pm -

Friends, family of missing man to search woods in Brooks County


Jessica Pope
VALDOSTA — With a little help from their friends and supporters, the family of a man who has been missing for three weeks will enter the woods today as they continue their search for answers.

Keith Allen Rocheleau, 47, was reported missing to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, Aug. 7, according to reports. He was last seen by his parents on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at his residence on Barrett Lane in Lowndes County.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, “Keith Rocheleau lives on Barrett Lane by himself. His parents, who live on Cooey Road in Brooks County, had gone out of town and left Rocheleau to watch their home. When they returned, they discovered that his vehicle had been stuck in mud and abandoned. Indications are that Rocheleau had attempted to free his vehicle by using his father’s vehicle. The father’s vehicle was found stuck and abandoned in the road ditch also on Cooey Road.”

The Brooks County Sheriff’s Office and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office are both working the case.

Volunteers are needed to help comb through the area surrounding Keith Allen Rocheleau’s parents’ house on Cooey Road in southeastern Brooks County. All volunteers are asked to meet at the intersection of Rocky Ford Road and U.S. Highway 84 at 9 a.m. today.

Organizers are hopeful that those with all terrain vehicles and horses will be able to assist — despite the short notice — as the family of Keith Allen Rocheleau has, as one might expect, simply become desperate for answers, desperate for some sense of peace.

Keith Allen Rocheleau’s ex-wife, Dawn Rocheleau, said that his cellular phone, his glasses and his hat were all found in his parents’ yard. The shoes he was wearing at the time were found in the ditch, each one separated from the other by a few feet.

Dawn Rocheleau said that it appears Keith Allen Rocheleau had driven over to his parents’ house to simply check their mail and make sure everything was as it should be in the area.

“From the looks of things, he had only gone over there for a few minutes,” she said. “He had their dog at his house and had taken out some meat to thaw for dinner, but he never made it back home.”

Medications taken by Keith Allen Rocheleau were left behind as well. Dawn Rocheleau noted that he suffered from back, neck and shoulder problems.

Dawn Rocheleau said that a few people have tried to help the family search the area surrounding the parents’ house in the hopes of finding Keith Allen Rocheleau. However, they only got so far and were not able to find anything.

“His parents’ house sits just down the road from the Riverbend Plantation, which covers several thousand acres,” she said. “It’s a wooded area and is difficult to get around. The Withlacoochee River sits about a mile from the road.”

Dawn Rocheleau said that Keith Allen Rocheleau’s parents are devastated and that the whole family — including his three sons — is desperate to know what happened to him.

A Facebook page has been established by friends of Keith Allen Rocheleau. To access it, please visit www.Facebook.com and do a search for his name.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Keith Allen Rocheleau is encouraged to call the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 671-2950 or the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office at 263-7558.

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/opinion/local_story_240211341.html

Published August 28, 2009 09:13 pm -

What We Think: Thumbs up, thumbs down

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THUMBS DOWN: To anyone who has information regarding the whereabouts of Keith Allen Rocheleau but refuses to share it with the police. The father of three and Lowndes County resident has not been seen since Aug. 4, since he was left to watch his parents’ house and dog. He was reported missing by his parents after they returned to their home on Cooey Road in Brooks County on Aug. 7. His truck was stuck in a ditch near their house. His father's truck was stuck in a ditch down the road. He had a steak on the kitchen counter. The back door was open. His hat was in a flower bed. His glasses were practically in the woods. His cellular phone was in the yard. His shoes were in the ditch. But he was nowhere to be found.
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This article is dated August 24th, but hadn't been posted here.  I think it may give a little more information and background:

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_236234535.html
What We Think: Rocheleau one of many missing adults in U.S.



As of January 1, 2009, there were 102,764 active missing person records in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center’s Missing Person File. Persons under the age of 18 account for 49.7 percent of the records, while persons between the ages of 18 and 20 account for 12.3 percent and adults over the age of 20 account for 38 percent.
America’s missing persons are young and old and everything in between, male and female, rich and poor and middle of the road, black and white, etc.

Soon to be added to the Missing Person File — if not already included — is the case of Keith Allen Rocheleau.

The 47-year-old father of three sons was reported missing on Friday, Aug. 7. He was last seen by his parents on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, Rocheleau, a resident of Barrett Lane, was keeping a watchful eye on his parents’ house while the two of them were out of town. His ex-wife believes that Rocheleau visited his parents’ house that Tuesday to make sure everything was locked up and all was well on the property. She said he obviously had no intentions of being gone very long because he did not take his medication with him and had taken a pack of meat out of the freezer to thaw for dinner.

Rocheleau’s parents returned from their trip and found Rocheleau’s vehicle and his father’s vehicle stuck and abandoned in the ditch down the road, along with Rocheleau’s shoes. His hat, glasses and cellular phone were in the yard.

Rocheleau was nowhere to be found, and no one has heard from him since. His ex-wife noted that someone in the area did report that they tried to help him pull his vehicle out of the ditch Tuesday night. It was the last time he was reportedly seen.

Rocheleau’s family and friends are very eager to organize a large-scale search party effort to comb the woods surrounding his parents’ house. There are thousands of acres in the area, as well as the Withlacoochee River. They are hopeful that he will be found alive but have considered the possibility that maybe he was hit by a vehicle, the victim of a crime of opportunity, had a heart attack or stroke, or was bitten by a snake. Rocheleau’s family has established a Facebook page that can be accessed by visiting www.facebook.com and doing a search for his full name.

Lowndes County and Brooks County need to join forces and help Rocheleau’s family and friends in their quest for answers. Share his story with others in the area. Organize a search party. He may be an adult, but Keith Allen Rocheleau is someone’s son, someone’s father, someone’s best friend and they deserve peace of mind, if not his safe return.

Article dated August 23rd, but not previously posted, and has a bit more information:

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_237231516.html
Published August 25, 2009 11:14 pm - With a little help from their friends and supporters, the family of a man who has been missing for three weeks will enter the woods today as they continue their search for answers.

A need for answers
Friends, family to search for missing man today, volunteers needed
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Keith Allen Rocheleau
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Keith Allen Rocheleau is pictured with his sons, Lucas, 20, Ryan, 23, and Levi, 15. — Contributed photo




Jessica Pope
The Valdosta Daily Times

ALDOSTA   —

With a little help from their friends and supporters, the family of a man who has been missing for three weeks will enter the woods today as they continue their search for answers.

Keith Allen Rocheleau, 47, was reported missing to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, Aug. 7, according to reports. He was last seen by his parents on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at his residence on Barrett Lane in Lowndes County.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, “Keith Rocheleau lives on Barrett Lane by himself. His parents, who live on Cooey Road in Brooks County, had gone out of town and left Rocheleau to watch their home. When they returned, they discovered that his vehicle had been stuck in mud and abandoned.

“Indications are that Rocheleau had attempted to free his vehicle by using his father’s vehicle. The father’s vehicle was found stuck and abandoned in the road ditch also on Cooey Road.”

The Brooks County Sheriff’s Office and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office are both working the case.

Volunteers are needed to help comb through the area surrounding Keith Allen Rocheleau’s parents’ house on Cooey Road. All volunteers are asked to meet at the intersection of Rocky Ford Road and U.S. Highway 84 at 9 a.m. today.

Organizers are hopeful that those with all terrain vehicles and horses will be able to assist — despite the short notice — as the family of Keith Allen Rocheleau has, as one might expect, simply become desperate for answers, desperate for some sense of peace.

Keith Allen Rocheleau’s ex-wife, Dawn Rocheleau, said that his cellular phone, his glasses and his hat were all found in his parents’ yard. The shoes he was wearing at the time were found in the ditch, each one separated from the other by a few feet.

Dawn Rocheleau said that it appears Keith Allen Rocheleau had driven over to his parents’ house to simply check their mail and make sure everything was as it should be in the area.

“From the looks of things, he had only gone over there for a few minutes,” she said. “He had their dog at his house and had taken out some meat to thaw for dinner, but he never made it back home.”

Medications taken by Keith Allen Rocheleau were left behind as well. Dawn Rocheleau noted that he suffered from back, neck and shoulder problems.

Dawn Rocheleau said that a few people have tried to help the family search the area surrounding the parents’ house in the hopes of finding Keith Allen Rocheleau. However, they only got so far and were not able to find anything.

“His parents’ house sits just down the road from the Riverbend Plantation, which covers several thousand acres,” she said. “It’s a wooded area and is difficult to get around. The Withlacoochee River sits about a mile from the road.”

Dawn Rocheleau said that Keith Allen Rocheleau’s parents are devastated and that the whole family — including his three sons — is desperate to know what happened to him.

A Facebook page has been established by friends of Keith Allen Rocheleau. To access it, please visit www.Facebook.com and do a search for his name.

Keith Allen Rocheleau’s ex-wife, Dawn Rocheleau, said that his cellular phone, his glasses and his hat were all found in his parents’ yard. The shoes he was wearing at the time were found in the ditch, each one separated from the other by a few feet.

Dawn Rocheleau said that it appears Keith Allen Rocheleau had driven over to his parents’ house to simply check their mail and make sure everything was as it should be in the area.


It looks like he may have ran into trouble ..
The glasses were found on the lawn... The hat in the bushes... Shoes separated and in a ditch..
Almost like some person/s took him away..
It may have been some sort of attempt at robbery ?? They did not want witness ?
Some sort of altercation ?
He surprized somebody ?
Something..

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_250190723.html
Published September 07, 2009 07:06 pm -

GBI takes over Rocheleau investigation
Search continues for missing man

By Jessica Pope

The Valdosta Daily Times —

QUITMAN — The search continues for a Lowndes County man who has been missing for five weeks. When asked for an update on the search for Keith Allen Rocheleau, the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office reported that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now in charge of the case.
Agents were called in roughly one week ago, sheriff’s office deputies and investigators having exhausted all means possible to locate the father of three. Keith Allen Rocheleau, according to reports, was reported missing to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, Aug. 7. He was last seen by John and Rose Rocheleau, his parents, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at his home on Barrett Lane in Lowndes County. They had asked him to watch their house and take care of their dog while they went out of town for a few days.

Sometime between that Tuesday and that Friday, Rocheleau got his truck stuck in a ditch just down the road from his parents’ house.

Authorities said that there is evidence that he attempted to free his truck using his father’s truck without success. His father’s truck was found quite a distance down the road, traveling away from the house.

Keith Allen Rocheleau’s mother and father found both trucks abandoned when they returned home. His hat was in a flower bed. His cellular phone was in the yard. His glasses were found at the edge of their property line near the woods. A steak was on the kitchen counter, having been left out for days. The back door was open, but nothing was missing. The dog was fine.

Keith Allen Rocheleau was nowhere to be found.

Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey, in a previous interview with The Times, shared, “We have spent several hours searching the area in a helicopter. We have had blood hounds in the area three times. The first time was the weekend right after he disappeared. They did not find anything.”

Brooks County authorities have said that they do not believe that Keith Allen Rocheleau is near his parents’ property in the Riverbend Plantation area, which reportedly covers 8,000 or so acres. If he was dead in the woods, there would have been some obvious signs, like buzzards flying around, they said.

“There is no evidence of foul play” in the Cooey Road area, authorities noted.

Of course, they were quick to add that this lack of evidence does not mean that Rocheleau is OK. He could have accepted a ride from the wrong person. No one knows. They can only speculate.

It seems that asking questions only leads to more questions, not answers.

On Wednesday, Aug. 26, some three dozen men and women gathered to search for answers in the Keith Allen Rocheleau case.

However, by the end of the day, all everyone was left with were more questions, the most important one being, Where is Keith Allen Rocheleau?

Organized by Pam Mathis and Chris Roland, the last-minute citizen investigation was an attempt to give the family of Keith Allen Rocheleau, 47, some peace of mind. The father of three sons and friend of many had — at the time — not been seen in just over three weeks.

“I am just a concerned citizen,” said Mathis, who works for Century 21 Winnersville Inc. “I learned about the case and simply wanted to do something to help this family.
   

Mathis and Roland met through a Help Find Keith Allen Rocheleau Facebook page. Neither knew the Rocheleau family personally. Both of them had to only imagine what it must be like to have a loved one missing to want to offer some assistance.

Carrying little more than a walking stick, a bottle of cold water and a cellular phone, the volunteers spent the next six hours combing through several miles of pine trees and brush standing an average of six feet high.

Every pile of dirt led to further inspection, often ending up being declared a gopher hole.

Patches of folded over brush brought a strange sense of hope.

A Facebook page has been established by friends of Keith Allen Rocheleau. To access it, please visit www.Facebook.com and do a search for his name.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Keith Allen Rocheleau is encouraged to call the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 671-2950 or the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 263-7558.

I checked at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation site, and Keith Allen Rocheleau is still not listed as a missing person:
http://gbi.georgia.gov/00/case/0,2692,67862954_74030306,00.html

The article from my above previous post:

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_250190723.html
Published September 07, 2009 07:06 pm -

GBI takes over Rocheleau investigation
Search continues for missing man

By Jessica Pope

The Valdosta Daily Times —

QUITMAN — The search continues for a Lowndes County man who has been missing for five weeks. When asked for an update on the search for Keith Allen Rocheleau, the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office reported that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now in charge of the case.
Agents were called in roughly one week ago, <snip>

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/57816112.html

Posted: 6:21 PM Sep 8, 2009
GBI Helps Local Law Enforcement Investigate Unsolved Missing Person Case
47-year-old Keith Rocheleau went missing more than a month ago and now the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has teamed up with the Brooks County Sheriff's Office to continue the search.
Reporter: Kim Carapucci
Email Address: kim.carapucci@wctv.tv

The GBI is now helping local law enforcement investigate an unsolved missing person case.

47-year-old Keith Rocheleau went missing more than a month ago and now the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has teamed up with the Brooks County Sheriff's Office to continue the search.

Rocheleau disappeared from his parents' home off Cooey Road in Brooks County August 4. Since then, authorities and volunteers have conducted both air and ground searches near the property, but have found nothing.

If you have any information, call investigators at 229-263-7558.
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This is the last news item I can find, and I checked the GBI website and Mr. Rocheleau is still not listed there as "missing". 

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/62916067.html

Son of Missing Valdosta Man: "We Want Closure"

3:48 PM Sep 30, 2009
Reporter: Kim Carapucci
Email Address: kim.carapucci@wctv.tv

It's been nearly two months since a Valdosta man went missing and his family is still searching for answers.

47-year-old Keith Rocheleau disappeared from his parents' home off Cooey Road in Brooks County August 4th.

 

Since then, authorities conducted multiple searches near the property, but came up empty handed.

Now, his family is left with more questions than answers, hoping every day there's a break in the case.

"Now we just really want closure and if anybody knows anything, we still want them to come forward, even if it's completely anonymous.. My family needs to know what happened to my dad, said Lucas Rocheleau, son of Keith Rocheleau.

If you have any information regarding Keith Rocheleau's disappearance, contact investigators at 229-225-4090.

LATEST UPDATE INFORMATION 10/15/2009: GBI did a very extensive search with cadaver dogs yesterday.....but, found nothing. They say when the frost kills all the vegetation they will come back and search again with the dogs as well as helicopter. We didn't think they were doing anything at all SOOOOOOOOOO we are still so hopeful that something will turn up or someone will come forward.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119172647434&_fb_noscript=1

Thanks for the update Nut.  I'm hoping he will be found soon.

There doesn't seem to be any new developments or releases for over a month in Mr. Rocheleau's case.  This must be so very hard for his family and friends.  I'm hoping the new search that would take place after the frost kills the vegetation will yield some results and give closure, as his son Lucas asked.  I can't begin to imagine how difficult it is for Keith Rocheleau's family  not to  know what's happened to him. 

May 18, 2011
What Happened to Keith Rocheleau?

Family still waits word on man missing since 2009
 
Dean Poling The Valdosta Daily Times


VALDOSTA — John Rocheleau daily travels the region where his son, Keith Rocheleau, disappeared nearly two years ago.

 He drives his missing son’s red 1995 Dodge Dakota along the Brooks County road where his son left the vehicle parked outside his parents’ residence.

 John Rocheleau walks past the place where his gold 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck was discovered stuck in a ditch at the time of his son’s disappearance.

 He walks along the Withlacoochee River where he believes someone dumped his son’s body in early August 2009.

“I don’t believe in closure,” John Rocheleau says. “But my wife and I would like to know what happened to Keith. We will never recover from the pain of losing him. We will never forget losing a son, but we want to know what happened to him.”

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http://valdostadailytimes.com/local/x1526182293/What-Happened-to-Keith-Rocheleau

http://www.tributes.com/show/Craig-Russel-Rocheleau-88146742

How terrible.  He's parents lost another son.

http://gbi.georgia.gov/00/case/0,2692,67862954_74030306,00.html

Still not listed on missing page.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/119172647434/
HELP FIND KEITH ALLEN ROCHELEAU

Susan Stewart Keene
Hi everyone....I know there hasn't been much activity on this page. But, to update you all.... Keith has not been found and, in fact, authorities have QUIT working on his case and it has become a cold case. Anyone that would contact the Brooks County Sheriff's Office as well as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and ask that they please reopen and re-explore possibilities of the disappearance. We, his family, so desperately need answers and closure....whatever it may be. His Mom and Dad are elderly and it is their dying wish to have the answers. Thanks and please help me get the word out there again.
January 29 at 5:52pm

contact info for
Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 671-2950 or the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office at 263-7558

the local paper
http://valdostadailytimes.com/contactus

This has to be so difficult for the family and friends of Keith Rocheleau.