Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Lots Of Speculation & Searching, But No Answers In 'Shorty' Wilson Disappearance
This building on 3rd Street in Kimball served as Dalton Buick Co. on the right side and Ray's Sinclair Service on the left. This location also is central to some speculation regarding the unsolved disappearance of Bobby "Shorty" Wilson. He worked for Dalton Buick, and according to some information, a woman dropped him off next door at Ray's Sinclair Service before he disappeared. However, Shorty's twin brother, Dick, once said he remembered that he went missing from Plains Body Shop.
Bobby "Shorty" Wilson disappeared without a trace from the streets of Kimball on October 30, 1956, and the family struggled with his disappearance and searched for years for clues or his remains.
In 1958, the family had a marker erected in the Kimball Cemetery that read: Robert G. "Shorty" Wilson. His birth date was May 28, 1925, and he was born in Kimball, Nebraska. The simple headstone says, "Disappeared on October 30, 1956."
A description of Shorty Wilson was provided in a reward posted in 1957: "Age 31 years; height 4'8", weight 200 lbs., blue eyes, address: Kimball, Nebraska. This person...