William Edward Delano, 34, disappeared after an elk hunting trip into the Humptulips wilderness in Grays Harbor County, Washington. He was last seen on November 10, 1983, when he left alone carrying a .270 caliber rifle. He is 5 feet 10 inches, with brown hair and hazel eyes, and was reportedly wearing a red plaid jacket, blue jeans, and sneakers. His vehicle was found parked at the trailhead; no other physical evidence turned up.

Delano had experienced a nervous breakdown the year before and there was an outstanding felony warrant at the time he vanished. He also had relatives in Canada, which led some to consider the possibility he left voluntarily, while others note an accident in rugged terrain could explain his disappearance. The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office opened case number 83-1650 and classifies him as endangered missing, but no concrete leads have emerged.

Did anyone in the area around Humptulips in November 1983 see Delano or his vehicle, or know of contacts he might have had outside the county?