Lawrence Scott Colton, known as Larry, was 28 when he vanished after being turned away from his father’s house in Midwest City, Oklahoma, on August 31, 1979. A white male with brown, shoulder-length wavy hair and hazel eyes, he stood about 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet and weighed roughly 125 to 140 pounds. He often wore jeans and dark t-shirts and sometimes flip-flops.

A Vietnam veteran diagnosed with schizophrenia and with a history of drug dependency, Colton had been living in Jacksonville, Florida, without a permanent home before traveling to Oklahoma to see family. After his father refused him shelter, he was last definitively seen; it is believed he may have tried to hitchhike back toward the Jacksonville Beach area, possibly traveling along Interstate 45 and Interstate 10. There were unconfirmed sightings along Interstate 10 and in eastern Texas. He frequented the Atlantic Boulevard and Girvin Road areas in Jacksonville when in Florida, and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation.

Does anyone who knew Larry or who traveled Interstate 10 in late summer 1979 have information that could help clarify his movements?