Billy Joe Smith was 42 when he was last seen on May 24, 2003, in Wabash, Indiana. An acquaintance said he was heading to the Walmart in Warsaw, and he was seen there about 12:30 p.m. At the time he disappeared he wore a camouflage T-shirt, gray sweat pants, white socks and white tennis shoes.

Billy had significant physical disabilities: a prosthetic right leg, a steel rod and screws in his left leg and a surgical scar on the right side of his skull from a teenage procedure. His family says those limitations made it unlikely he would simply walk away. On June 10, 2003, his 1988 maroon Chevrolet Cavalier was found abandoned near Spring and Maple Streets in Warsaw; his wallet was inside but his keys and food stamp card were missing.

The Wabash County Sheriff’s Department investigated but leads grew scarce and the case went cold. In 2008 a court declared him legally dead. His family believes similarities with another local disappearance warrant renewed attention.

Did anyone in the area in May or June 2003 see Billy, his Cavalier, or anything unusual near Spring and Maple Streets?