The bashing comments had nothing to do with the comments on Dave Havens....it was about the person who felt the need to bash the neighbors who have had to live with him for so many years! Thank you for your 'quick' response but I like many others agree completely!

hey Anonymous, your right in how dave is involved in everything that goes on. he would not be happy if he was left out of his duties as a citizen. something is up with this story though. they hauled away his big moving truck that was parked in the yard and took it to the crime lab. why? about 12 years ago dave used to be a nice man. he had a regular buisness of fixing small engines, till his wife was yelling at everyone that came into the yard. I know from experience that both of them USED to be nice, we were friends and i watched there dog, doodle, when they were not home, they took care of and made meals for my kid, mary used to bake and dave would bring us things. I don't know what went wrong with the two of them but it is scary that mary is missing and he can't get ahold of her. If your wife or hubby was missing wouldn't you be pleading with them on the news to come home or just call and let you know where they were? he walks around town and acts all happy cause he knows that the authorities are looking in the wrong place and won't ever find her. You must be one of the few friends that he has around here and thats ok. Keep your eyes open and stay alert. ALL THE CLOSE NEIGHBORS ARE WONDERING AND WATCHING....

Dave Havens has also given generously of his time to this community and has been a good neighbor to many. He has been a member of various boards and clubs, and has been a tireless worker for the Alger County Fair. He can be depended on to do snowplowing, cutting grass, working on the fairgrounds, and other jobs that need to be done. He has helped his neighbors out with snow removal, small engine repair, and other chores. This is a small community and volunteers are few and far between, but Dave has always been willing to take on what needs to be done. Just another perspective.

If he was taken away, it wasn't for very long as he was at Senior meal today.

I have read the comments about the cops searching his property and what not, but has anyone concidered that maybe he had his wife convinced that she was in need of a doctors care, got her into his vehicle and took her off his property and if he did do what he is being accussed of, hid her body somewhere other than where normal people would think, I mean I grew up on tunteri rd and went to school at superior central which is not to far from Daves, behind the school is an old quarry that could easily disposve of the body all he would have to do is tie a BIG brick to her feet, i mean come on COPS check the whole area, when it comes to minor tickets you all are all over our BUTTS, but when it comes to murder you just sit on yours and dont look everywhere.... this guy i believe is alot smarter than you give him credit for. id be checking everywhere.. I am hoping that she is found with no harm and this man is put behind bars where he belongs

To the people that keep saying the comments about bashing people are wrong obviouslly do not know this man everything said in these comments are true. Trust me all were trying to do is inform other people what kind of guy we have in the neighborhood, and to be very carefull when dealling with him. He is not stupid by any means everything said about him is true, but he is very good at covering his tracks thats why he keeps getting away with it. I believe this time he will get caught. The state police crime lab and numerous officers were there for hours yesturday and way into the night searching the grounds and his house.
Dave was taken away by the state police. Now for you NON bashers does this sound like a nice man. last i herd police can not take you away, enter your house or property and search it without good cause. Your going down!!!!!!

Why must people get on here and bash other people??? This story has nothing to do with what you may think of other people! Absolutely nothing. This is a story about a disappearance of a woman that we all need to think of ways to try and help instead of bashing each other on the news story that is covering it!

Sure, Everyone has a right to your own opinion but a woman is missing and that is all that matters right now!

It is a good place to raise your children; this person is certainly not typical and isn't from around here either......I always wondered how he ended up here and where he came from. I never had any run-ins with him (you never ever saw the wife - I think she only got out of the house for Dr's appts), but you could tell there was something off about him. I just stayed away. The bottom line is...he dropped a supposedly very ill wife off with a person who he didn't know the name of, and then reported her missing long after the fact. There is no getting around that (no matter what his history is regarding the absolute obsession he had with people being close to his property or how he treated the neighbors). He really needed to live on a dead-end road somewhere. It's not a matter of being judgemental; we've all had many years of simply observing him.

everyone has an opinion, you should not comment on someone else's opinion if you dont know the facts. i have been living next to the devil for many years now. i have seen alot of weird things in my life, but nothing that compares to the things i have seen and heard come from satan's house. dave is a very hateful person, he doesn't like people or animals, (unless they are his own, because his animals are just as crazy as he his) he has called the police on his neighbors so may times (approx. 5869 times in the past 8 yrs., that's normal) but the neighbors would just mind their own business, and try to ignore satan, but it's hard to not hate your so called neighbor from hell, when the police are either at your house or the neighbors house 3 to 4 times every week. people want to talk bad about dave's neighbors, but you people try living next to a man, who hates everything so much, and see how it makes you feel. dave has not only shot at people on foot, or in a car, or on a snowmobile, he also shoots the neighbors cats and dogs, or he would steal the neighbors animals and store them in his garage, usually in his vehicle, then drive them 30 miles away and drop them in the middle of the woods, and this man is allowed to have his own animals, ya thats good. he thinks that he is above the law, and he must love paying for all his lawyers vacations, because he sure has given him alot of money to keep getting him out of trouble. if you were his neighbor,(put yourself in our shoes)how would you feel, you can not put anything past dave haven, because he thinks that he is above the law, which for the neighbors is rather scary, actually frightening, because we have to live next to him, and with him shooting our animals, what are we suspose to think, when we know that she has been missing since the end of may beginning of june, with the horrendous smell that comes out of his chimmney, i have never smelled a burning body before, but what if, would you want to live next to satan, i think not.......

Mland, I agree with you regarding people bashing other people on here. it always seems to happen no matter what :( You have to admit though, something seems fishy with this story. I do not know this man as I am new to the area, however, I do recall riding my bike past his house and hearing him yelling and hollering at or to who knows what. Sounded crazy to me. We moved out here thinking it would be a great place to raise children, but i guess, as you have pointed out, there are drug dealers and such no matter where you are :( As far as his love of animals....why is he shooting cats? Or at people for that matter? Maybe these are all rumors, who knows, I just hope that the woman is found alive and well. I get the feeling that is not the case though.

As is always the case people due not research their facts before posting comments. Funny how the known drug dealers/welfare abusers in the neighborhood of the missing woman are posting all the comments. More ammo for the investigators regarding those individuals so that will be helpful to the decent people of the neighborhood. Get your facts straight, regarding the adjuctated previous crime, not a live in girlfriend the woman is a spouse, and they care for the welfare of the animals in the neighborhood that are neglected and abused by these neighbors that are ones to be speaking ill of the neighbor.These neighbors have not even known the woman was missing, They obviously care so little. Until you know the information regarding the woman maybe you should find a different forum to spew uneducated words.Take the time you appear to be spending casting stones by becoming productive members of your community instead of the blight you are on the area.
Let the professionals due their job and have some respect for fellow human beings.

I didn't know about the shooting at people and animals. One sick creature. Not the sharpest tool in the shed either. Why would you say she has come up missing while in another town?...To send athorities looking in those places instead of more close to home. Why do you wait four months?...Lets face it, a body in a lake will float to the surface in the warmer months, and an open area grows over in that time.

This guy really is nuts! He's not just accused of shooting at snowmobiles, but people even using his driveway as a turn around. How is it he's not in jail? Hey Faith, Love you!

If the neighbors saw anything worth reporting, I'm sure they would. Sounds like they don't like him so how believable would they be anyway. If they saw him dragging a body away, maybe they should make a phone call or something though.

why is this guy getting away with this? killing cats stealinig dogs, shooting at snowmobilers, slashing tires on trucks that are stuck on a trail next to his house, making false reports to police on neighbors and now people disapearing. when will this end? who is this guy? why is he able to break the law and get away with it. From what i understand nobody has talked to people in neiborhood. Is this just another man thats above the law?

Benson road will never be the same again. This man has done some of the craziest stuff and the police just let him get away with it. As one of the people living close to this residents, I have never experienced anything like this before. How can someone get away with shooting at snowmobiles, stealing dogs and killing cats and the police never do anything about it? I knew that someone was going to get hurt by one of these people. There is more to this story then anyone really knows. You would think that as a neighbor someone would of came to talk or interview someone that lived near him. Who paid for the helicopter? It left and returned at least 4 times. Why were his guns given back to him? I think that HIS story of taking Mary to St. Ignace is just HIS story. For years he has lied to the law. What now?

This sounds to weird. A man that has been acussed of shooting at snowmobilers, killing cats, steeling and relocating dogs, and now his live in girlfriend comes up missing and is not reported for over 4 months. I am seriously thinking of moving back down to detroit where it seems to be safer.

This story definitely makes no sense at all. After reading the comment about shooting at a snowmobiler, I'm even more concerned. We recently moved to the area, so I have no idea where this man lives, but I will make sure to find out and keep my children away from that area. what a scary world we live in!

This was a very sick woman. Her husband had to monitor meds, watch her food intake (diabetic) I can not imagine him letting her go with a friend that he can't identify, let alone let her travel in the shape she was in. And she was reported missing Aug 31, why would a helicopter be circling yesterday. Why did he wait so long to report her missing? Four months with no contact?????Should have been reported before that. And this is the man that shot over the head of a snowmobiler and got away with because of having to take care of his invalid wife. She had to be cared for 24/7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

If they had a normal relationship, she would have checked in with him before now. If he was worried, he would have reported it sooner. I wouldn't bother circling his house. I'd check the area around his camp or someplace outdoors where he always goes.

This does not sound good, why would he not report her missing in May? This can not be the full story. But i hope they find her soon.

I agree that it sounds very suspicious!!!! Way to long of a time period between everything!!!!!

Hmmmm, I wonder if this has anything to do with the helicopter circling his neighborhood yesterday?!?!?!

Sounds fishy. Not only the delay in the initial missing report, but, why till Nov. before it makes the news?

Last seen in May?? And we are just now starting to look for her?
Weird. Is there more to this story??

She was last seen by her husband in may and was not reported missing until august does this not sound weird to anybody?