Jerry M. Gray was 27 when he left his Hayfield Road home in Theodore, Alabama, on August 13, 1982. That afternoon a roommate answered a call from an unfamiliar male who asked for Jerry; after a brief exchange Jerry said he would meet the caller, put on his motorcycle helmet, mounted his blue 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000-B1 and rode away. He was never seen or heard from again.

That night the house was burglarized; investigators have never established whether the break-in was connected to Jerry’s disappearance. He missed an important work meeting with the state of Alabama the next day, which was said to be out of character for the responsible engineer. At the time he was described as white, 6 feet 0 inches, 175 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar on his left cheek.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office still holds the case file. Modern DNA and genetic genealogy techniques are being explored as part of renewed investigative efforts. Does anyone have information about Jerry, the 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000-B1, or that phone call in August 1982?