Raymond Downing Kyser was last seen 9 Aug 1916 in San Francisco, he was 21 years old.
His brother Sterling and him had a bond. Sterling Mervin Kyser (1890-1934) was married to Aileen Webber.
In 1919 Raymond was Sgt. 1st class officer on a ship 20 Jun 1919 heading to Marseille, France and returns arriving in New York on 22 July 1919. Something happened to him, I didn't find any military records that would help with my gut feeling.
Utah 1922
On 9 July 1922 at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah Raymond Downing Kysler took a gun and blew his brains out.
I am guessing since the family was well known and rich it didn't make the newspapers in California, but I didn't find anything in Utah either.
His parents would have another heartache in 1934 when their son Sterling ends up in the hospital when his appendix ruptured on 28 Aug 1934 in Portland, Oregon. This did make the newspapers.
As if this wasn't enough hurt and pain for a family to handle they lose another Sterling and Aileen had a son named Robert Edward Kyser born 14 Aug 1930 San Francisco. At age 7 on 12 Apr 1937 he dies, I do not know why.
Aileen's father paid the expenses.
I know some will ask why this is posted here on a criminal blog, well the reason is simple, it was a missing person reported to the police. Even though the mystery was solved it weighs heavy on my heart that the family had so many losses. Something most people won't realize is this was the end of the Kyser line for Rubin Mervin Kyser whom had two sons and a grandson that would carry on his legacy and in tragic circumstances that ended his line and he lived long enough to know it, dying in 1938.
His parents Rubin "Ruby" Kyser (1863-1938) and Verene "Fannie" Schindler (1870-1957) were prominent in the Napa California area. They wanted their son back.
In 1919 Raymond was Sgt. 1st class officer on a ship 20 Jun 1919 heading to Marseille, France and returns arriving in New York on 22 July 1919. Something happened to him, I didn't find any military records that would help with my gut feeling.
Utah 1922
On 9 July 1922 at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah Raymond Downing Kysler took a gun and blew his brains out.
WHY? He was very loved by his family and friends. Did he have mental issues before the War or did the War mess him up?
I think he had some issues of some kind before he left for overseas or a Missing Person's Poster would of never been circulated. I did look in newspapers and the mental health hospital records on Ancestry and came up empty. I did find his death cert and it is the only document I found saying what happened to him.
His parents would have another heartache in 1934 when their son Sterling ends up in the hospital when his appendix ruptured on 28 Aug 1934 in Portland, Oregon. This did make the newspapers.
As if this wasn't enough hurt and pain for a family to handle they lose another Sterling and Aileen had a son named Robert Edward Kyser born 14 Aug 1930 San Francisco. At age 7 on 12 Apr 1937 he dies, I do not know why.
I know some will ask why this is posted here on a criminal blog, well the reason is simple, it was a missing person reported to the police. Even though the mystery was solved it weighs heavy on my heart that the family had so many losses. Something most people won't realize is this was the end of the Kyser line for Rubin Mervin Kyser whom had two sons and a grandson that would carry on his legacy and in tragic circumstances that ended his line and he lived long enough to know it, dying in 1938.
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