David Bryant Cottle Jr., 40, was last seen at his Murrayville-area home in New Hanover County, north of Wilmington, North Carolina, on March 9, 2013. A family member saw him at the residence around noon; by 6:00 p.m. the same day his family returned and he was gone. Missing from his room were a light tan hardbound journal and a gray-and-green backpack. He did not have a cell phone and there has been no activity on his bank accounts since.

David is described as a white male, about 5 feet 10 inches and 190 pounds, with long reddish-brown hair, blue eyes and a tribal band tattoo on his right bicep. At last sighting he wore a white graphic t-shirt, blue jeans, a blue jacket, a knit toboggan and flip-flops. He had struggled with an injury-related painkiller addiction that cost him his job and marriage and had been living with his aunt; a sister recalled he was very distraught in a conversation shortly before he disappeared. Searches of nearby woods turned up nothing. Investigators followed a couple of early tips, including possible sightings near railroad tracks in Wallace and an address in Pender County, but neither lead was substantiated.

Does anyone who knew David or who was in the Murrayville, Wallace or Pender County areas around March 9, 2013 have information that could help explain his disappearance?