John Daniel DeMarino, 51, has been missing since the night of January 30, 2019. He was living with his mother in Spencer, West Virginia, after a divorce and was described as a devoted, regularly communicative father to a college-age daughter and a high‑school son. He had recently bought tickets to a basketball game with his son, which family members say suggests he did not intend to disappear.

That evening DeMarino left his mother’s residence between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m., driving her silver 2015 Ford Escape toward Uncle Mike’s Bar and Grill on Seventh Street in Parkersburg, about an hour away. He arrived before midnight, ordered a beer and, after drinking roughly half of it, stood up and never returned. He had his wallet, car keys, and an iPhone X with him when he vanished.

On February 8, 2019 the Escape was found unlocked and abandoned at a Love’s Truck Stop in Conneaut, Ohio, parked across two spaces and reportedly there three to four days; the vehicle contained a phone charger, an empty bag of chips, and change, but DeMarino’s wallet and phone were not inside. His last known cell activity was a tower ping near Elizabeth, West Virginia, on the day he disappeared.

Does anyone who knew John, saw him that night, or remembers the Ford Escape at the Conneaut Love’s have information to share?