Eugene Cross, Jr. was last known to be in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine on November 15, 1979, when he went hunting with a friend and never returned. He was 41, White, with brown hair and brown eyes, listed at about 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall and 135 to 145 pounds. The Maine State Police recorded the case under report number 79-0833 and the NamUs entry is MP55094, with the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central identified as the investigating agency.

Memorial listings for Ernest Eugene Cross Jr. note a reported disappearance date of November 15, 1979 and a legal declaration of death in January 1981 with a cenotaph in Pine Grove Cemetery in Hartland, Maine, but those memorial details do not describe what happened in the woods.

If anyone knew Eugene, hunted in the Fryeburg area then, or has information about that day, please share what is known.