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David Anthony “Dave” Bocks

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David Anthony “Dave” Bocks

Birth
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA
Death
18 Jun 1984 (aged 39)
Fernald, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Toxic bone fragments sealed in a drum and being stored at a Nevada test site with other radioactive materials. Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Nuclear Plant employee. Some remains found in plant furnace.

Some say suicide and others say murder.

His story was featured on Unsolved Mysteries.

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Find-A-Grave merged the following info from a duplicate memorial:

Cause of death:

Dave Bocks was an N.L.O. employee ready to reveal illicit goings-on at a nuclear-energy facility. After he vanished, his glasses and pieces of bone were found in a uranium furnace that was active that night. In fact, readings for that specific furnace noticed a drop in temperature as if something was dropped into it the night Bocks vanished, indicating he most likely died a horrible and gruesome death if he was alive when he went into it. Some people believed he had an accident, but others believe there is enough proof that he was murdered.

Suspects: None known

His family was convinced he was murdered, possibly because he was going to blow the whistle on the quantity of radioactivity the plant was releasing.

Dave was hired at N.L.O. as a pipe fitter in 1981, and quickly earned the trust and respect of his co-workers.

Dave was divorced, but remained close to his ex-wife and three children.

In 1989, five years after Dave Bocks’ death, the N.L.O. was shut down. Sadly, years later, Dave’s family is still unable to lay him to rest. Dave’s remains are just a few bone fragments and are too toxic to be buried in the ground. They have been sealed in a drum, and shipped off to a Nevada test site to be stored with other radioactive materials.
Nuclear Plant employee. Some remains found in plant furnace.

Some say suicide and others say murder.

His story was featured on Unsolved Mysteries.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Find-A-Grave merged the following info from a duplicate memorial:

Cause of death:

Dave Bocks was an N.L.O. employee ready to reveal illicit goings-on at a nuclear-energy facility. After he vanished, his glasses and pieces of bone were found in a uranium furnace that was active that night. In fact, readings for that specific furnace noticed a drop in temperature as if something was dropped into it the night Bocks vanished, indicating he most likely died a horrible and gruesome death if he was alive when he went into it. Some people believed he had an accident, but others believe there is enough proof that he was murdered.

Suspects: None known

His family was convinced he was murdered, possibly because he was going to blow the whistle on the quantity of radioactivity the plant was releasing.

Dave was hired at N.L.O. as a pipe fitter in 1981, and quickly earned the trust and respect of his co-workers.

Dave was divorced, but remained close to his ex-wife and three children.

In 1989, five years after Dave Bocks’ death, the N.L.O. was shut down. Sadly, years later, Dave’s family is still unable to lay him to rest. Dave’s remains are just a few bone fragments and are too toxic to be buried in the ground. They have been sealed in a drum, and shipped off to a Nevada test site to be stored with other radioactive materials.


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