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Idaho - On Saturday evening, a 76 year old man stopped at the city park in a microtown near here to use the restroom. While he was in there, someone locked the door from the outside and there was no way to open it from the inside. He's ok in spite of 90+ degree temps, but he was in there 36 hours before a park employee found him. As hot as it's been, if he hadn't been found Monday morning, dehydration could well have got him before the day was over. There's no word on who or why the door was locked without checking inside.
How would 'death by crapper' look in your obit? I guess his time just isn't up yet.

DECLO — A missing Burley man was found Monday after he spent 36 hours locked in a park bathroom.

Graydon Jensen, 76, of Burley disappeared after attending a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints singles function at the Declo church, Cassia County Sheriff George Warrell said.

Apparently when driving home after the event Jensen stopped at Declo City Park to use the restroom.

Leslie Warwood of Burley, Jensen’s stepbrother, said the event was a church function but was held at the city park and the city shares liability for what occurred.

While he was inside someone locked the bathroom door from the outside without checking to see if it was occupied first.

Warwood said he reported Jensen as missing to the Cassia County Sheriff’s Office at 6 p.m. on Sunday after Jensen had been missing for more than 24 hours.

Jensen was found by a city employee between 7 and 7:30 a.m. Monday.

By all indications, Warwood said, Jensen seems to be okay.

“He has a much better disposition this morning than I would have if it would have been me,” Warwood said. “I was furious when I found out what had occurred. It could have ended horrifically.”

He said if someone would have checked the park they would have found his blue 2012 Ford Escape parked in front of the bathrooms and cut about 12 hours off his ordeal.

Warrell said deputies were looking for Jensen, but because he’d last been seen at the church, apparently the park restroom was not checked.

“It was one of those cases that is just a freak event,” Warrell said. “Most of the time when we get a missing person’s report, they have driven off somewhere (and) are stuck or broken down in a vehicle.”

Warrell said the incident reminds him of one that happened a few years ago to a snowmobiler in the South Hills who stopped at a restroom and the doorknob came off from the inside leaving him trapped inside. Fortunately, he was able to force the door open.

The sheriff’s office had issued a Facebook statement when Jensen went missing so the public could help watch for him.

“I’m really grateful he’s unharmed and safe,” Warwood said. “They could have found a dead body this morning and it would have been a different story. It was 90 degrees outside yesterday.”

A lot of balls were dropped, he said.

“Let’s fix the errors that occurred so it doesn’t happen again,” Warwood said.

When you say Burley man

Was he a big fella?

We have a member here named Burleyboy who used to live in Burley, ID. I don't know how big he is, though.

Damn, Old Boy is lucky.

Prolly had the cilly phone in the glove box.....


“You ain’t running up my minutes....”

A Mormon singles function eh? Pretty obvious that the old boy put some moves on the wrong gal and his arch rival locked him in the schitter. I been in Mormon country, and I know how this schidt works.

"dehydration could well have got him before the day was over."

Restroom had no sink or flush toilet?

I've never been in that park. Could be a pit toilet but I don't know. It's a very small town, under 500. They might not have the budget for a real bathroom.

Sounds like one of them old fellers that is proud he doesn't own a cell phone.

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Keeps it locked up in the “jockey box” mmmm, huh. Yessir

By God that Jitterbug is for Emergencies Only!! I won’t be attached to one of them legtronic dog collars like those durn knuckleheaded teeny bobbers, hangin onto it like a pacifier. No sir.

That’s why I still have my Seiko to tell me whut time it tis, got this in Thailand on R&R while seeing my 14 year old ‘sweetie’

I'll bet they find out "someone" is a City employee and they don't want to let it out.

Old dude on the way home from an event. In the evening? Pretty likely given the timelines stated.

Who locks up park facilities at night, as in restroom doors from the outside? Now just who might have keys to do that and a reason for doing so?

Small enough town, might even be the local popo on duty that evening.

I'm thinking they already know who "someone" is.

Ain't it interesting how the City clams up when they smell a lawsuit?
Hope the old dude gets a payday; he deserves it.

Kinda what I was thinking.

If anything like that city maintained stuff around here…

Original door lock got broken. No budget.. city needs a new 4 door, 4x4 F250 for the meter reader.

Jimmy Don the city flunky, bro in law to the mayor, puts a hasp on it for a pad lock.

Sounds reasonable

Declo…..what a LDS cesspool. If you ain’t Morman there, you ain’t sheit.

Are the prisons there any more secure than their park bathrooms?

Well,

you could convert?

Prolly some gals there that would like you, Hint!