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David Horn Jr. has been missing since Christmas Day, and his father and cousin spent Saturday morning searching for the 36-year-old Trainer resident in 26 acres of woods near Township Line Road, bordering Trainer, Upper Chichester and Chester.
?Negative,? David Horn Sr. said Sunday of the recent effort.
David?s mother, Marie Horn of Marcus Hook, was frantic to find her son, according to Tim Horn, David?s cousin.
Marie Horn?s untimely death on Jan. 19 has added to the family?s distress. It?s also bolstered her ex-husband and nephew?s resolve to bring David Jr. home, if possible ? before a Feb. 10 memorial honoring the Marcus Hook woman is held at the Star Bar and Hotel, which Marie and her surviving husband owned.
There is no foul play suspected in the death of Marie Horn, Marcus Hook Police Chief John Ireland said Friday.
Detective Richard Jones of the Trainer Police Department, too, noted that there is no reason to suspect any foul play in the disappearance of David Horn Jr.
A $1,000 reward, funded by a member of the Horn family, is being offered to anyone who provides information leading to David?s whereabouts, Horn Sr. said last week.
Horn Sr., of Delaware, and Tim Horn, of Lower Chichester, were out in recent weeks more times than they can even count trying to retrace their relative?s steps. On Saturday, they were joined by Tim?s father, William Horn, of Lower Chichester.
?We walk the woods, trying to pretend where he would go,? Tim Horn, 34, said Thursday night.
Two previous search parties in recent weeks collectively drew as many as 40 concerned family, friends and neighbors to other wooded spots in the area, according to Jones.
?Our main concentration is in the wooded areas of Trainer and Marcus Hook,? Jones said. ?The family members know his regular walking paths ?There have been a lot of search efforts, but the weather in the middle of winter is not our friend.?
David Horn Sr. said his son was last seen between 7 and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2017, at Connolly?s Pub, located at 941 Market St. in Marcus Hook. There have been no bank or cell phone transactions since that time, nor any contact with family or friends.
The last call his son made on his cell phone was for an Uber, about 7 p.m. on Dec. 25. As far as his father knows, that Uber was cancelled, but why he does not know.
Horn Sr.?s last contact with his son was by phone on Christmas morning. He invited his son to visit his paternal grandmother in Newark, Del., but Horn Jr. had other plans.
It was Marie Horn who reported her son missing on Jan. 9, according to Jones. Because Horn Jr. told his family that he was going to Las Vegas a few days after Christmas, Horn Sr. said neither he nor his ex-wife initially were too concerned that they hadn?t heard from him for a few days.
?We thought that?s where he was at,? Horn Sr. said.
But when so much time passed and there was no word from Horn Jr., his dad went to his house on Price Street in Trainer. Acknowledging his son?s battle with alcohol, Horn Sr. said it wasn?t unusual for him to check in on his son.
Horn Jr. had been residing with his grandmother in her home in the 1300 block of Price Street. Since her death last year, he?s been living there alone.
When he arrived on Price Street on Jan. 5, Horn Sr. said his son?s pickup truck was in the driveway. Using his key to enter the house, Horn Sr. walked inside to find lights, television and a fan all running. There were several empty vodka bottles. He also found his son?s unused airline ticket to Vegas.
?It looked as though he had just walked out to go to the Wawa,? his father said.
Horn Sr. said his son?s extreme drinking problem had never stopped him in the past from checking in with relatives.
?We all just thought he was going to show up,? Horn Sr. said, referring to the delay in filing a police report.
?It?s just so bizarre,? Tim Horn said of his cousin?s disappearance. ?He is not the kind of person who would just vanish.?
Vanished is the word Jones used to describe the case.
?He seems to have just vanished off the face of the Earth,? Jones said last week. ?His digital footprint ends at that bar. We don?t know where he went from that location. If anyone saw him leave, or anyone gave him a ride, or anything, please give us a call.?
Added Jones, ?There are so many wooded areas, walking paths, creeks, streams and tunnels. There are hundreds of remote areas.?
According to Jones, Horn Jr. was known to frequent Delaware bars, including The Reef Seafood & Steak Restaurant on Carpenter Station Road in Wilmington.
?It?s been a nightmare for this family,? Jones said, adding that he has checked with area hospitals and morgues as part of his ongoing investigation.
The night before his aunt died, Tim Horn said they had planned to meet the next morning to post missing person flyers in Trainer, Marcus Hook and neighboring towns.
?I know how bad my aunt and uncle wanted to find him,? Tim Horn said.
While he and his uncle were doing most of the leg work, Tim said Marie was working behind the scene, checking phone calls, bank accounts, and social media.
Many friends have shared information on Facebook.
?It?s terrible to see someone go through this, and then with my aunt passing, it?s the icing on the cake,? Tim Horn said. ?I feel bad.?
Describing Horn Jr. as a fervent Eagles fan, both his father and cousin said he would not be missing out all the Super Bowl hoopla.
?He?d be nuts right now,? Tim Horn said.
?We would be watching the game together,? Horn Sr. said, his voice breaking with emotion.
Horn Sr. doesn?t know what clothes his son was last wearing. His usual attire is jeans and a hoodie.
His son has numerous tattoos, including a distinctive image of a deer with multiple antlers. It?s above his ankle, but his father isn?t sure whether it?s the right or left side.
?Please, come home or contact me. Contact somebody,? Horn Sr. said, offering a message to his son. ?We just want to know that you are OK, that you are alive.?
Anyone with information is asked to call Trainer police at 610-494-7399, 911 or 215-347-3300, the latter a number Horn Jr.?s mother obtained as a dedicated hotline.