Overview

Randy David McBee disappeared from Oakland, California, on November 1, 1971, at age 23.

The circumstances immediately preceding his disappearance have not been publicly detailed. He has never been heard from again, and no credible public record reviewed establishes that he was the victim of a confirmed homicide.

Main points:

• Randy McBee was last seen in Oakland, California, on November 1, 1971.
• He was 23 years old.
• He was approximately 6 feet tall and 150 pounds.
• He had brown hair and brown eyes and may have had a mustache.
• His two lower front teeth were missing.
• He had distinctive tattoos on both arms.
• Oakland Police Department case number: 75-12370.
• NamUs number: MP17825.
• Doe Network number: 511DMCA.
• His case remains unresolved in current public missing-person records.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Randy David McBee: Missing From Oakland, California Since 1971

Randy David McBee was 23 years old when he disappeared from Oakland, California, on November 1, 1971. More than five decades later, his disappearance remains unresolved, with remarkably little information about the circumstances surrounding the day he vanished available to the public.

California authorities continue to maintain a missing-person record for McBee. The case is associated with the Oakland Police Department and case number 75-12370. He is also listed in national and nonprofit missing-person databases that continue to preserve his identifying information for comparison with unidentified-person cases.

The Disappearance of Randy David McBee

Randy David McBee was born on December 15, 1947. At the time of his disappearance, he was 23 years old, approximately six feet tall and weighed about 150 pounds. He had brown hair and brown eyes and may have worn a mustache.

One particularly important feature in identifying McBee is his dental history. His two lower front teeth were missing. He also had several distinctive tattoos that could help distinguish him from unidentified individuals discovered after his disappearance.

McBee reportedly had tattoos on both arms. His right arm reportedly bore a panther, a cross and flags. His left arm reportedly had tattoos depicting a mummy and a scorpion.

These identifying characteristics are significant in a decades-old missing-person investigation because physical descriptions, dental characteristics and permanent body markings can be used when investigators compare a missing person with unidentified remains.

November 1, 1971

The known public narrative of McBee’s disappearance is extremely short.

McBee was last seen in Oakland, California, on November 1, 1971. He subsequently disappeared and has never been publicly reported as having made contact again.

Available public records do not explain the circumstances that brought him to Oakland that day or identify a specific street, residence, business or neighborhood as his last known location. They also do not publicly identify a vehicle, traveling companion, destination or planned activity connected with his disappearance.

The lack of publicly available detail is one of the central difficulties surrounding the case. There is no widely published account describing a final telephone call, eyewitness encounter, abandoned vehicle or personal property recovered after McBee vanished.

There is similarly no publicly documented evidence establishing that McBee was the victim of homicide. His case remains classified as a missing-person case rather than a publicly confirmed homicide investigation.

Why Randy McBee Could Still Be Identifiable

Although relatively little information about the actual disappearance has been released, McBee had an unusually useful combination of physical identifiers.

In addition to his height, weight, hair and eye color, investigators have information concerning his missing lower front teeth and numerous tattoos. The combination of a panther, cross and flags on one arm and a mummy and scorpion on the other could be particularly important when reviewing unidentified-person cases.

His surname is also sometimes recorded as Mc Bee, with a space between the two portions of the name. Researchers examining older records should therefore search both Randy David McBee and Randy David Mc Bee. California’s current missing-person database uses the spaced spelling.

National Missing-Person Records

McBee has been associated with NamUs Missing Person number MP17825. His case also appears in the Doe Network under 511DMCA.

The Doe Network’s current chronological index continues to list R. McBee as a 23-year-old white male missing since November 1, 1971. An archived Doe Network update additionally shows that case 511DMCA received a case-information update on September 29, 2017.

Comparisons With Unidentified People

Over the years, McBee’s information has been considered in discussions involving unidentified remains.

A NamUs-derived exclusion list reproduced on Websleuths shows MP17825 Randy McBee among people ruled out as the identity of an unidentified man found in Pasco County, Florida, in January 1989. That unidentified-person case was associated with NamUs UP1191.

McBee was also listed as an exclusion in discussion of a previously unidentified male discovered near San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier in December 2010. The unidentified person in that separate case was later resolved, but McBee was not the individual.

Another historical Websleuths compilation concerning unidentified remains found in Nevada also lists Randy David McBee as ruled out in that comparison.

These exclusions do not explain what happened to McBee. They do, however, demonstrate why keeping decades-old missing-person information in searchable databases remains important: a missing person can repeatedly be compared against unidentified individuals until a valid identification is eventually made.

Latest Publicly Available Investigation Information

As of September 2026, the most current publicly accessible California Department of Justice listing located during research continues to show Randy David Mc Bee as missing and identifies the Oakland Police Department as the investigating agency. The state lists case number 75-12370 and the telephone number (510) 238-3775 with the record.

Oakland Police Department’s current website lists its dedicated Missing Persons Unit at (510) 238-3641. The department explains that missing-person investigations are open confidential investigations and that investigators may be limited in the amount of real-time information they can publicly release.

No current official public announcement located during this research reports that McBee has been found, identifies a suspect, establishes homicide as the cause of his disappearance, or announces an arrest in connection with the case.

The available record therefore leaves the central question unchanged more than half a century later: What happened to Randy David McBee after he was last seen in Oakland on November 1, 1971?

Randy David McBee Remains Missing

Cases dating to the early 1970s often contain fewer publicly accessible records than modern missing-person investigations. Randy McBee’s case is an especially stark example. The available descriptions tell researchers what he looked like but reveal very little about what happened immediately before or after he disappeared.

His missing teeth, tattoos, physical description and database identifiers remain some of the strongest publicly available information for anyone researching possible unidentified-person matches.

Anyone with information concerning Randy David McBee’s disappearance should contact the Oakland Police Department and reference case number 75-12370. The department’s current Missing Persons Unit can be reached at (510) 238-3641.