On the morning of February 14, 2012, Robert Roy Richardson, 60, called his daughter from Cottage Grove and asked her to pick up his red 2003 Ford Ranger from the top of Gowdyville Road near milepost 3. The truck was later found at that rural location, but Richardson was not with it and has not been heard from since. No immediate signs of foul play at the scene were reported and investigators described his final call as unusual but not plainly explanatory.

Richardson is described as between 6 feet and 6 feet 1 inch tall, 250 to 300 pounds, with graying hair and a balding crown, a gray beard, hazel eyes and glasses. He had scars on his forehead, back and left big toe, and a tattoo of a dog’s paw print with the words baby girl on his right calf. The Cottage Grove Police Department investigated and the case was entered into NamUs.

Did anyone in the area around Gowdyville Road on February 14, 2012, see Robert Richardson or his truck after that morning?