Jeffrey Keith Hegwood, 23, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was last seen on March 20, 1980, after leaving the Townhouse Lounge about 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. He had been preparing for a date that evening, having gone to the bank and bought flowers. He never made it home.

That night Jeffrey’s car was involved in a minor hit-and-run, though it is unclear whether he was driving then. The vehicle was found the next day abandoned on Short Katie Street with the keys inside and no obvious signs of foul play; nothing in the car appeared out of place. Six months later Jeffrey’s half-brother, whom he had never met, was killed in a police shootout in Ontario while carrying Jeffrey’s identification. Investigators do not consider the half-brother a suspect in the disappearance but think he may have taken some items after Jeffrey vanished.

Jeffrey was a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi, about two weeks from graduation, and was managing his own bar. The disappearance remains unsolved. Did anyone in Hattiesburg in March 1980 see Jeffrey that night or notice the abandoned car on Short Katie Street?