John Wesley Gruver, 45, was last seen in Newport, Oregon, on February 9, 1978. He is described as about 5 feet 7 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair, gray eyes and a scar on his forehead. Beyond that fixed last-seen date, there are almost no publicly described facts: the specific location in Newport, his clothing, belongings, whether he had a vehicle or what his plans were that day are not known.

The Oregon State Police’s Newport Area Command has handled the investigation and the case has been entered into national missing-person databases, but the trail went cold quickly and the disappearance remains an open investigation. The circumstances leading up to and following his last confirmed sighting are largely unknown.

Did anyone in Newport in February 1978 have contact with John Gruver or remember seeing him around that time?