26B1008774-Missing Person Cavendish VT-Pieter van Schaik
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
CASE#: 26B1008774
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trp. Eric Clemens
STATION: VSP Westminster Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-722-4600
DATE/TIME: 1200 hrs. October 4, 2026
INCIDENT LOCATION: Tarbell Hill Road at Oscarson Road, Cavendish, VT
INCIDENT: Missing person
NAME: Pieter van Schaik
AGE: 83
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Windsor, VT
The Vermont State Police is actively searching for a missing, vulnerable adult in the Windsor County town of Cavendish, 83-year-old Pieter van Schaik. He was last seen at about 1200 hrs. hiking in a wooded area near Tarbell Hill Road and Oscarson Road, known as the Albert C. Lord State Forest, in Cavendish, when he became separated from his party.
van Schaik is believed to be on foot in the area. VSP asks members of the public to check their property and any outbuildings for van Schaik or signs he might have been in the area.
van Schaik is about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, and has white hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing hiking boots, a blue jacket, blue baseball cap, black jeans and a blue backpack. Two photographs of van Schaik are attached to this release.
This disappearance is not considered suspicious, but there are concerns for his welfare. Anyone who sees van Schaik or has information on his possible whereabouts should call VSP’s Westminster Barracks at 802-722 -4600.
Detective Lieutenant Eric Albright
Vermont State Police
Major Crime Unit
802-722-4600
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