Warren G. Wise was 26 when he and a friend launched a canoe on the Tuscarawas River near the Wooster Avenue bridge in Dover, Ohio, in the early morning hours of June 16, 1981. Their vehicle was left parked near the boat docks, and a few days later the canoe was recovered. Warren’s friend’s body was found in the river, but Warren himself was never located.

The circumstances after they set out are unclear. Despite searches and the recovery of the canoe and the other man, Warren vanished without a trace. The case has remained open and is classified as a lost or injured missing person matter; authorities and family have treated drowning as the prevailing theory but no body or definitive evidence has been recovered.

Does anyone have information about Warren’s last known movements on June 16, 1981, or recall seeing the canoe, the car, or either man that morning?