Edward Edgar Nye was 37 when he was last seen on February 21, 1983, on New Scotland Avenue in Albany, New York. At the time he worked as a carpet installer and auto mechanic and played guitar in a country-western band. Described as white, about 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and 200 to 220 pounds, he had brown hair and eyes, a scar on his abdomen, and a youthful appearance.

Nye had pleaded guilty in 1983 to multiple counts of sexual misconduct involving minors stemming from his work as a counselor at a boys school. Before sentencing he was committed to the Capital District Psychiatric Hospital in Albany, where, four days into his stay, he walked away after a clerical change of status from in-patient to out-patient. He briefly contacted a private detective and his lawyer asking whether his sentence could be set aside, was told it could not, and then vanished. He was later placed among New York State’s 12 Most Wanted Fugitives and an Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement warrant was issued in 1989. Family members around Upstate New York have been questioned, and some believe he may have left the state.

Does anyone have information about his movements after February 21, 1983, or recall seeing him in New York or across the border around that time?