Charles Morgan

Case background and investigation

Charles Calixtus Morgan was the president of an escrow company in Tucson, Arizona. In the months before his death, he reported being stalked and followed. He painted his car a different color, began wearing a bulletproof vest, and taped emergency cash to his body.

Morgan first disappeared on March 22, 1977, returning home three days later. He vanished again on June 7, and on June 18, 1977, he was found dead in the desert about 40 miles west of Tucson. He had been shot once in the back of the head with his own revolver. He was wearing a bulletproof vest, and investigators found a two-dollar bill bearing Spanish surnames and a map.

The circumstances were bizarre enough that police initially couldn't determine if it was murder or suicide. The positioning of the wound and the gun suggested suicide might be physically possible but unlikely given the other circumstances.

Investigation suggested Morgan may have been involved in laundering money for drug traffickers and became a liability. His case was featured on 'Unsolved Mysteries' but has never been solved.