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Case of missing man Benjamin Brubaker in Ashland County

Case of missing man Benjamin Brubaker in Ashland County

Benjamin Brubaker was 30 years old when he was last seen in Ashland County on Oct. 31, 2005, according to details on the Ohio Attorney General’s site.

POLK, Ohio — It’s been more than 18 years since Benjamin Brubaker disappeared in Ashland County on Halloween 2005, and we now learn that authorities conducted searches at two undisclosed properties in Polk related to the case on Tuesday.

The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office says the two searches were conducted in conjunction with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Ashland Police Department “after receiving several confidential tips regarding the ongoing investigation” surrounding to Brubaker’s disappearance.

“The agencies exhausted the use of technical resources offered by BCI in their efforts to follow up on the leads they gave us,” according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.

Brubaker was 30 years old when he was last seen on October 31, 2005, according to details on the Ohio Attorney General’s site.

Described as 5’10” tall and 148 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office also says Brubaker has an Insane Clown Posse logo on his upper left arm. Meanwhile, his upper right arm has a tattoo of the Insane Clown Posse jester holding a bird in one hand and a magic wand in the other with the words “The Great Milenko”. Authorities say Brubaker also has a scar on his back.


Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau at 419-289-8362.

The case remains under investigation.

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