Elter Lawrence Deshotel, known as Jack, was 54 when he was last seen on the morning of May 15, 1988, near Oberlin in Allen Parish, Louisiana. He left his home on South River Road planning to pick huckleberries in the southeastern part of the West Bay Game Management Area near Little Mill Creek, about two and a half miles from his house. He wore a white t-shirt, blue jeans and tan leather work boots, carried a white five-gallon bucket, a gallon jug of water and a yellow pocket knife, and was without identification. His vehicle was found parked at the roadside where he intended to enter the woods, but he never returned and no trace of him or his belongings was ever located despite searches. The disappearance remains unsolved and cold, with family still seeking answers.

Did anyone in the area at the time notice a lone berry picker or recall anything unusual on May 15, 1988?