MUS-2026-0117
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MUS-2026-0117
Missing person
- Incident
- 2010
- Indexed
- Oct 6, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Riverside Police Department
- Location
- Riverside CA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
On July 7, 2010, 52-year-old Donald Tobin left his Riverside, California home to drop items at a storage unit and never returned. His silver 2007 Toyota Corolla was found abandoned days later at a dog park less than a mile from home, with the storage items, his wallet, and his cell phone still inside. He has never accessed his bank accounts or picked up his last paycheck; investigators do not believe he left on his own.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2010-07-07
Donald Tobin, 52, left his home in the 3900 block of Redwood Drive, Riverside, California, to put items in a storage unit and never returned.
- 2010-07-11
His silver 2007 Toyota Corolla was found abandoned at Carlson Dog Park on Mission Inn Avenue, less than a mile from home; the storage items, his wallet and his cell phone were still inside.
- July 2010
The Riverside Police Department conducted an extensive search of the Santa Ana River bottom and surrounding area but found no trace of Tobin.
- 2026
He has never accessed his bank accounts or picked up his last paycheck; investigators do not believe he left of his own accord or died by suicide, and the case remains unsolved.
Key people
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52, of Riverside, California. Left home on July 7, 2010 to drop items at a storage unit and never returned.
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