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May 23, 2023 42 mins

In July of 2019, a 25-year-old man and new father left his wife’s grandparents’ Nebraska home on foot after an argument, and never returned. He was spotted on multiple surveillance cameras in the area, but then, he seemed to vanish without a trace. This is the story of Chance Englebert.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/chance-leslie-englebert

2. County 17: https://county17.com/2021/05/03/moocroft-mans-disappearance-remains-a-mystery-nearly-two-years-later/

3. County 17: https://county17.com/2019/07/12/wife-of-missing-moorcroft-man-fears-the-worst/

4. News Nation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8-y96np3EE

5. News Nation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZ7cL8Df90

6. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/chance-leslie-englebert

7. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MissingPersons/comments/11ntae9/the_mysterious_disappearance_of_chance_englebert/

8. News Nation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6MVXWRMRZ4

9. Newsbreak: https://original.newsbreak.com/@fatim-hemraj-561392/2866034342473-in-2019-a-young-husband-and-father-went-missing-after-an-argument-with-his-wife-s-relatives-where-is-chance-englebert

10. Change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi-needed-for-chance-englebert-disappearance/psf/share?source_location=combo_psf&psf_variant=combo&cbd_s=eyJleHBlcmltZW50TmFtZSI6InBzZl9jb21iby0xOTE5NzcxNiIsInZhcmlhbnQiOnsidmFyaWFudE5hbWUiOiJhNCIsImRhdGEiOnsiYW1vdW50Ijo4MDAsImFtb3VudF9pZCI6ImE0In0sInB1bGxzIjo1LCJyZXdhcmRzIjozMX0sInZhcmlhbnROYW1lIjoiYTQiLCJjb21ib0JhbmRpdEFtb3VudCI6OCwiYW1vdW50SWQiOiJhNCJ9&share_intent=1

11. County 17: https://county17.com/2019/07/12/wife-of-missing-moorcroft-man-fears-the-worst/

12. Find Chance Englebert Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/findchanceenglebert

13. KNEB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hpvGf75TM0

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