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Missing Lockport man last seen in Great Smoky Mountains National Park found in North Carolina
Headline from ABC 7 Chicago, on the newest of 3 developments
Over a week since a south suburban man was last seen in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, he was found safe in North Carolina, officials said Tuesday.
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Search underway for man missing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Headline from The Oregonian ·
Search continues for man missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Headline from WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg ·
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Missing Lockport man last seen in Great Smoky Mountains National Park found in North Carolina
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — National Park Service rangers are searching for a missing man who the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said was reported missing on Monday. According to GSMNP, Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was reported missing to the park's dispatch center on August 24, 2026.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — National Park Service rangers are searching for an Illinois man who the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said was reported missing on Monday. According to GSMNP, Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was reported missing to the park's dispatch center on August 24, 2026.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — National Park Service rangers are searching for an Illinois man who the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said was reported missing on Monday. According to GSMNP, Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was reported missing to the park's dispatch center on August 24, 2026.
Have you seen this person? Authorities with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are searching for a suburban Chicago man who was last seen inside the park at a visitor’s center in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — National Park Service rangers are searching for an Illinois man who the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said was reported missing on Monday. On Sunday, NPS said the search was expanding.
An Illinois man remains missing at Great Smoky Mountains National Park as dozens of park rangers and volunteers search for him. Illinois man missing in Great Smoky Mountains The National Park Service said Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was reported missing on the evening of Aug. 24.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — It's been one week since a man was reported missing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the search has now been expanded beyond the park boundaries. Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was reported missing on the evening of Aug. 24.
Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a report prior to when authorities announced Bachleda-Blaszczak was found. A man from the suburbs of Chicago who went missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the end of August was found safe, authorities said on Tuesday.
A man from the suburbs of Chicago who went missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was found safe in a North Carolina town nearly 100 miles away from where he was reported to be last seen, authorities said on Tuesday.
Over a week since a south suburban man was last seen in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, he was found safe in North Carolina, officials said Tuesday.
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