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Yiear James Samuel West, 28, disappeared after finishing a shift as a grill cook in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on the evening of December 9, 2016. He walked from the Outback Steakhouse, stopped at Wegmans around 5:00 p.m., and was seen on camera withdrawing $200 from an ATM at the Corner News convenience store on Coal Street at about 6:40 p.m. That ATM withdrawal was his last confirmed financial transaction.

West was due to pick up his children that night and never arrived. He was described as about 6 feet 1 inch, 220 pounds, with shoulder-length dreadlocks, a goatee, a scar under his right eye, and burn marks on both forearms. He wore his work uniform that evening: black pinstriped chef pants, black Crocs with black socks, a blue sweatshirt, and a black skullcap. His mother insists he would not have left his children and believes he was killed.

Police examined surveillance, phone and bank records and interviewed witnesses; theories have included robbery after the ATM withdrawal and harassment by an ex-partner, but no evidence has linked anyone to his disappearance. Does anyone who was in the Wilkes-Barre area that evening or who knew Yiear have information that could help locate him?