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Ben Roseland: Family, friends continue search for missing man

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By Steven Martens | Friday, March 07, 2008 |

CLINTON, Iowa — Friends and family of Ben Roseland are continuing to search for the

19-year-old Clinton man who hasn’t been seen since Feb. 9.

Although three canvasses of the area where he was last seen have turned up only a pair of shoes believed to be his, Roseland’s mother, Theresa, has not given up hope.

“You have to hope you find him OK,” she said. “You can’t think about what might be bad.”

Friends and family will gather again Saturday to search for clues about Roseland’s whereabouts, and the public is invited to join the search.

Roseland was last seen about 10:30 p.m. Feb. 9 after he left a friend’s apartment in the 400 block of 10th Ave. S. and was planning to walk to the Hy-Vee store nearby to get something to eat, according to police.

Theresa Roseland says there is no sign of her son on the store’s surveillance videos. He has no car and took no personal belongings with him, and there has been no activity on his bank account or cellular phone since Feb. 9.

He lives at home and works as a bill collector for DM Services in Clinton.

Roseland is described as a 19-year-old white male. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs

175 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing camouflaged coveralls.

The search is a friends-and-family effort, but the police are available as a resource.

Anyone with information about Roseland’s whereabouts can contact the Clinton Police Department at (563) 243-1455.

If you go

Anyone who wishes to assist in the search for Ben Roseland, 19, of Clinton, Iowa, is asked to meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot at Hy-Vee, 901 S. 4th St., Clinton. The search will continue until dark.

Steven Martens can be contacted at (563) 659-2595 or smartens@qctimes.com.

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