MISSING PERSON: Wilford Morton

PLEASE SHARE: In February of 1954 27-year-old Wilford Eugene Morton boarded a bus in Indore, West Virginia. Most assumed he was simply returning to his job as a truck driver in South Bend, Indiana. He was never seen again. Wilford Morton left behind a wife and four young daughters.

Today Wilford's surviving family and friends want to know what happened, and more importantly, they wan to know if Wilford Morton is still alive.

UPDATE:

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Clay County Sheriff's Department
46 Main St.
Clay, WV 25043
Tel: 304-587-4260

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  6. Got really excited to see the new video was being released at 7pm, them realised I’m in the UK, 5 hours ahead of WV time! Well, I suppose times like these are what alarm clocks were invented for…

  7. If he was working for the state highway system in the 1970’s wouldn’t he have a social security number on file? They started issuing them in the 1930’s so he should have had one.

    2. @Hannah Kandinsky Wow, I noticed on the census that its arranged as ‘daughter’, ‘son’, etc under ‘head’, that being the head of the family and obvs male. We still have so far to go but at least things are improving re: sexism (and racism too).

    4. @Hannah Kandinsky of course they did- how do you think employers collected and remitted money from your earnings to the Social Security Administration for your retirement?

    5. @Hannah Kandinsky In 1963 in Europe my mother was refused when she tried to open her own bank account after my father left her. She could only have a post office account with a little book stamped on each transaction.

    4. @breadandcircus1 yes I saw that last week. sad but glad it was solved and his family now has answers

    5. @breadandcircus1 So he disappeared with another woman? To start a new life? It is good to get an answer but I feel for his wife and children; in those days there was little help for single mothers. It would have been hard for her.

    2. You did it buddy! Just posting that 1 simple sentence of yours was enough to solve this case. Just think, without you & MWV teaming up, that family wouldn’t have the closure they so desperately needed. Thank you for watching & allowing the rest of us to marvel at the simplicity of what ONE sentence can do. Your pen… well, fingers… really _are_ mightier than a sword. YOU ROCK!🤘😝🤘

    3. @Patricia Slocum I wonder where he was for the two years he was missing. He abandoned his wife and children. And certainly there was no financial support.

    5. @Daymon Smith you are correct. If it was a young person that did this nowadays, most likely they would be all over Twitter Instagram Facebook with this information, and they would be looking to start a reality show. Edward appears to be very humble individual.

  10. Episode #39 might have to be: MWV “The Disappearance of Sean McCracken” ! You are vanishing right before our eyes! You look incredible. I hope you feel well too! (OK gonna watch ep 38 now) 😉

  11. I hate to say this but it feels like he pulled a “i’m going out for cigarettes” bailed and just did a great job at keeping himself hidden for all of these years. Maybe having to work all the time, working dangerous jobs, possibly having a poorer family so no option to not work or to take a break, multiple kids and a wife to support, we have no idea if their marriage was a happy one or not or if their home life was happy or not but if it was bad that could’ve played a part in it, not getting anytime to himself having to work all the time then come home and having to be busy then too and maybe he just snapped and left or could’ve met someone else or realized family life wasn’t for him or had a mental break down due to some undiagnosed mental issue. At first I thought that maybe he got into a car accident and crashed into a big body of water and the car just hasn’t been found yet because that does happen in some cases but after all the red flags in my opinion I think he just upped and left 🤷🏻‍♀️ I hope i’m wrong tho cause I can’t imagine how it’d feel to know that your loved one willingly bailed on you and put you through decades of hell for nothing but selfish reasons. So sad no matter how you look at it 😕

    2. ​@Womb Raider Not Funny, my daughter’s father went so far as to change his name to avoid child support. He made child support payments until our child was 33 years old.

    5. As the song goes, “Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back”. My aunt’s husband did that and left her with three little girls

  12. I know I’ve made this comment before but I have to say it again. Mysterious WV gives the crime shows from the major networks a run for their money. The stories are compelling and unique. Great work as always!

    2. Sean McKracken is the best! 🏆 Mysterious West Virginia 😎 is perfection!
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    3. I absolutely love your presentation Sean. But am I missing something,? Did the newspaper say he was killed?

    3. I noticed but thought my own diet was making me project weight loss for others! Well done! You look younger- watch your sodium intake in everything but especially in canned goods.

    4. @kathryn witte 🙋‍♀️ project that MY WAY PLEASE 🧏‍♀️🤷‍♀️

  16. I can’t help but fixate on how much his abandoned wife must have struggled on her own. It’s a terrible thing to do to your children especially.

    2. She did. He was my great grandfather. I knew he left long before I was born, but never heard anything beyond that. Opal was a strong woman with a kind heart. She raised my mom for several years. I was with her the day before she passed away, and I think about her often.

    3. A 10 week old baby!!! Like omg. And 4 girls… As a woman in the 1950s. 😳🥺😩 Ya I bet there was all kinds of opportunity.

    4. Being gone from home long stretches of time says he had another life blossoming elsewhere. How someone can have 4 kids then decide that life isn’t for them is beyond me

  18. For those viewers that Disliked this video, why?. Serious question. I think this channel has some of the highest quality, most informative, and truly entertaining true crime programs out there. I am curious what you dislike about it. Thank you.

    1. Its usually a pretty boring explanation. People sometimes get confused and ‘dislike’ the fact there are missing people or the notion that he probably ran away from his family willingly, like a gutless coward, hence ‘thumbs down’. Some kids also just think it’s edgy to thumbs videos down, without looking at any of the content (ironically, it helps the algorithm regardless, because you’ve interacted with the video). Could also be a channel hater, consumed with a perceived slight against them in the comments. Unless there’s a high number (10% or more), pay no attention, there’s usually no valid reason.

    2. 27 downvotes isn’t that much! Some might legitimately dislike the video, while others could be edgy teenagers. I’m betting however that most are simply misclicks by fat-fingered mobile viewers.

    2. How can you see the dislikes? I used to be able to see them, but for the past couple of months, I see a like button and a dislike button. I can see the number of likes, but I can no longer see the number of dislikes. Not that it really matters to me, but I’m curious. Thanks.

    4. Jokes on them too, Sean helped solve the case. I can’t wait for the update video

  20. I’ve just read the update on this video. Wilford Morton has been confirmed found, deceased, just a couple years after disappearing. He died in a car accident. A sharp-eyed viewer remembered a bit of important information, and now a family has answers for a missing loved one.

    You are doing amazing things on this channel.

    1. With the description of the accident it almost sounds like he fell asleep at the wheel to me

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