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Paul Housel Missing Person Case

Last seen in Portland, Oregon on Jul 24, 1988

Victim Details

Jun 27, 2017

Jul 17, 2023

Paul

Housel

113

75

65 inches

140 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jul 24, 1988

Portland

Oregon

Washington County

97223

No

34645

Washington County Sheriff's Office

Hillsboro

Oregon

Washington County

97123

Brad Verboort

Detective

215 Southwest Adams Avenue, Oregon

5038462700

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.co.washington.or.us/sheriff/

1988-508356

Washington County Sheriff's Office

Gray or Partially Gray

Blue

Blue

07/23/2026


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On a summer day in July of 1988, 75-year-old Paul Eugene Housel was seen for the last time. From an upstairs window of their apartment in the Raleigh Hills area of Portland, Oregon, his wife watched him walk down the street, away from their home. This sighting on July 24, 1988, would be the last confirmed time anyone saw the elderly man, who was living with the challenging realities of Alzheimer's disease. For five or six years prior to his disappearance, Paul had been showing symptoms of t ...
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Last Seen: Jul 24, 1988

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  • Paul Eugene Housel - The Charley Project
  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP38831 | NamUs
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