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Vol. 119 No. 27 In our 119th year!

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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Multi-agency cooperation finds missing man in Cass

  As the ice floes were starting to connect on the frigid Cass River, the investigation into finding a 52-year-old Byron man were coming to a close.

  Shortly before 2pm Saturday, January 4, the body of Robert Loren Bacon was recovered between a joint effort of dive teams and K-9 units.

  Missing since approximately 7:15pm on December 27, 2024, Bacon’s body was found nearly mid-river, between Heritage Park’s Leslie Field on the east side of the river, and the Frankenmuth Cheese Haus on the west side.

  According to Frankenmuth Police Officer Todd Brow, one of two FPD officers leading this investigation, the Saginaw County Medical Examiners Office took Bacon’s body to Port Huron where an autopsy was performed on Monday, January 6. As of press time, the cause of death is an apparent drowning, while the investigation continues, Brow said.

  While the search began Monday, December 30 when it was reported to the Frankenmuth Police Department, few pieces of evidence helped lead law enforcement to this eight-day search, which turned from a search and rescue to a search and recovery as the days passed.

  Bacon was last seen attending a family gathering, including seeing his two children, at the Bavarian Inn Lodge. He drove separately, parked his car in the lot, took his luggage into the Lodge, and then exited the facility around 7:15pm to move his vehicle. He was seen on the Lodge’s lobby camera, the last time for his known whereabouts.

  Starting at 7:45am December 20, when it was reported to the FPD, Officer Jesse McCreary took the lead into the investigation, entering name into the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) as an Endangered/Missing Person. ....