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Ryan Braden Chicovsky

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Ryan Braden Chicovsky
Ryan Braden Chicovsky
Ryan Braden Chicovsky
Ryan Braden Chicovsky

Missing Persons Details

Known As

Ryan Braden Chicovsky

Missing from
Xiangkok, - Laos
Nationality
Case Entered
October 23, 2021
Status
Cold Case
Current Classification
Unknown Missing
Source of Record
Family Friend
Last Updated
Verification
Yes

Physical Description

Gender
Male
Age When Reported Missing
Age As of Today
42
Race
Caucasian/White
Hair Color
Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Height
5'11"
Weight
155lbs
Last Seen Wearing   
Chicovsky was last seen at 21:00 (9:00pm), 03/13/2006, walking alone without a backpack. He was wearing a shirt, shorts, and sandals. 
Distinguishing Features
Chicovsky typically wore a braided rope/bead necklace.
Known Medical Conditions

Details of Disappearance

Ryan Braden Chicovsky was last seen by family or friends on March 13, 2006 in Xiangkok, - Laos.

According to open source information, Ryan Chicovsky went missing from Xiangkok, Laos on or about 03/13/2006. Chicovsky was teaching English in China when he travelled to Laos on vacation. He was last seen leaving the Khemkong Guesthouse in Xiangkok, a remote river village in Northwestern Laos. His backpack, clothes, money, passport, boots, and toiletries were all discovered in his room. Approximately three weeks after the reported disappearance, local villagers discovered Chicovsky's camera, room key, and T-shirt four kilometers north of Xiangkok. The condition of the items indicates they had been kept inside and out of the rain.

Chicovsky may have been traveling with a Dutchman having a limp, and a Japanese girl who were both in Xieng Kok at the same time. They were planning on going down the Mekong River with Chicovsky on 03/14. Chicovsky may also have been hiking with a man and a woman on or about 03/7, 8, and 9 through the Nam Tha Preservation Area. They possibly hired a guide in Mung Sing. 
 
Please visit the US Embassy of Laos website at: http://vientiane.usembassy.gov and click on the link in the upper righthand corner of the website, "Missing American: Ryan Braben (sic) Chicovsky" (the link is a pdf file with photos). Information about his possible location has been inconsistent.

Additionally, if anyone has traveled from Houesay to Luang Prabang or Luang Prabang to Houesay by boat in the past 7 days or so, and has seen or heard of any bodies in the river or recovered from the river, especially bodies that appear to be or are said to be of a white, western person, please let US Embassy Vientiane, Laos know. If you have any information, please contact the US Embassy in Vientiane at (message for e mail) or at 856-21-26-7000 (856-020-550-2016 on nights and weekends).

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Ryan Braden Chicovsky, you are encouraged to contact the US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos at 856.21.267.000 or 856.20, ask for Regional Security Officer (RSO) . Be sure to have the case number available as you will need it.

FBI Information

FBI Field Office Division
Seattle
(206) 622-0460

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