On October 3, 1982, Luther Alberson, a 44-year-old African-American private-school bus driver, was found dead in Sedgwick County, Kansas. His pickup truck had been discovered earlier that day at 9th Street North and Ohio Street in Wichita; his body was located nearly 12 miles away, face up in a drainage ditch near 93rd Street North and Hillside. Authorities determined he had been killed by a blow to the head.

Alberson had told his wife he needed to get away for a while and had taken $500 from his recent Army pension check before leaving in his truck. The $500 and his watch were missing, and robbery appears to have been the apparent motive. The death is listed as an unsolved homicide and no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

Does anyone have information about Alberson’s movements on or after October 3, 1982, or recall seeing his pickup in Wichita that day?