John William Wingler, 74, vanished from his mobile home on Dolinger Road in Whitetop, Virginia, after he was last seen there on the morning of November 12, 2015. He left without his heart medication, and his family described him as having health problems that made walking or driving difficult. Both he and his red 2002 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup were gone that day.

Investigators found one of his house slippers near a ditch in the front yard while the other remained inside the home. In 2019 a hunter located the missing Ford Ranger about two miles from the house; the truck had gone off an old logging road and struck a tree. The passenger-side door was open and some personal items were scattered nearby, but John himself was not found. A girlfriend named on the deed had discussed removing her name from the title before his disappearance; she cooperated with authorities and has since died.

What did anyone in the area see that November morning, or who might have seen the truck on that logging road before it was found?