Howard Tokarsky, 45, vanished after leaving work early on December 14, 1984, in Los Angeles. He told his wife and colleagues he was headed to the desert for target practice and did not return. Tokarsky lived in Granada Hills and worked as operations manager at a Sylmar chemical company.

That evening his red and white Ford Bronco was found behind a market on the outskirts of Mojave, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The vehicle was unlocked with the keys in the ignition and four-wheel drive engaged. Tokarsky’s wallet—stripped of money but containing identification and credit cards—plus personal items and a pistol were inside. His glasses were broken in the car; a rifle and a second pistol he had taken were missing. Extensive searches turned up no trace of him. He left behind a wife and two children and was declared legally dead in May 1985.

What details about that day or the Mojave area might help explain how Tokarsky disappeared?