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| Description: In 1988, 49-year-old Keith Reinhard was a sportswriter for the Daily Herald in Chicago, but he decided to take a leave absence for a unique outing. He moved to Silver Plume, Colorado, a small mining village near the Rocky Mountains. Reinhard became fascinated by the story of Tom Young, a Silver Plume resident who disappeared under mysterious circumstances the year before. On September 7, 1987, Young closed up his bookstore and walked into the mountains with his dog but never returned. Reinhard decided to open an antique shop in the former location of Young’s bookstore and started working on a novel based on Young’s disappearance. In an eerie coincidence, Keith Reinhard soon became the center of his own unsolved mystery. On July 31, the remains of Tom Young and his dog were found in the mountains. They were both shot in the head and, since a revolver was found at the scene, investigators ruled that Young likely shot his dog before committing suicide. One week later, Reinhard closed up his shop and told people he was planning to climb the summit of Pendleton Mountain. After leaving the village, he was never seen again. The circumstances of Reinhard’s disappearance were strange since it was a six-hour hike to Pendleton Mountain and he did not leave until 4:30 PM. At the time, Reinhard was not carrying any equipment and was not dressed appropriately for a mountain climb. A search of the area turned up no trace of him and, tragically, one of the searchers was killed after crashing his plane. There was some speculation that Reinhard staged his own disappearance. Others believed that both Reinhard and Young were victims of foul play and that their cases were somehow connected. Whatever the truth, Keith Reinhard’s disappearance remains a mystery. |
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