Michael Lord, 53, was last seen July 3, 2000, in North Hampton, New Hampshire. His family reported him missing after he failed to attend a planned barbecue on July 4. Initial inquiries found little to suggest foul play, but the case later became tied to Barbara Asher, who was accused of manslaughter.

Prosecutors alleged Lord suffered a fatal heart attack during a bondage session in Asher’s Massachusetts apartment and that Asher and her boyfriend then dismembered his body and placed remains in trash bags behind a restaurant in Augusta, Maine. Lord’s remains were never recovered, and no DNA linked him to that scene. The lack of physical evidence was central to Asher’s defense; she gave a recorded confession that her lawyers said had been coerced. In 2006 Asher was acquitted for insufficient evidence.

The body has never been found and the circumstances of Michael Lord’s disappearance remain unresolved. Does anyone have information about Lord’s last known movements or contacts in early July 2000?