Ian Kirk Willcoxon, 24, was last heard from the morning of January 4, 2017, after moving to rural Boone, Colorado, from Conroe, Texas the previous summer. A U.S. Navy veteran, he had been working on a marijuana farm and split time between a home in Boone on the 2300 block of 57th Lane and a part-time residence in Texas. The day before his disappearance he grocery shopped, told his Texas landlord his rent would be paid, and had a flight to Texas that was canceled for weather.

His wallet, keys, phone and a gun are believed to have been with him, along with a distinctive digital camouflage backpack and a two-sided blanket. Both of his vehicles were left behind. He is described as a white male, blond hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 9 inches, about 155 pounds, with tattoos including an eagle over a heart reading Texas on his right upper chest and a ship’s wheel, anchor and crucifix on his right shoulder, plus a one-inch Africa-shaped birthmark on his left shoulder. The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, working with Texas agencies, continues to investigate.

Did anyone in the Boone or Conroe communities see Ian or his digital camouflage backpack around early January 2017?