Tyler Stice was 20 when he disappeared from Kingman, Arizona after leaving home on Scotty Drive about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. He was driving his black 2006 Ford Mustang and did not arrive at work; all contact stopped that morning. His Mustang was found four days later, on June 25, abandoned in the Deer Canyon recreation area off Hualapai Mountain Road, but Tyler himself was not with the car.

Inside the vehicle investigators found Tyler’s camera — despite his family saying he rarely went anywhere without it — and a cup of chai tea whose DNA matched Tyler, though his sister said he did not like chai. His wallet, keys, cell phone and computer were missing, and recent photos of him and his sister had been deleted from the camera memory card. Two days before he vanished Tyler had purchased a rifle and ammunition, a detail his family found inconsistent with his lack of interest in guns or hunting. Search dogs tracked his scent about a mile into the Hualapai Mountains before the trail ended.

The Kingman Police Department continues to investigate. If anyone knew Tyler’s movements that week, saw his Mustang in the Deer Canyon area, or has information about where he might have gone, please come forward.