David Alford was 36 when he was last seen hitchhiking near an interstate outside Boise, Idaho, on August 24, 2014. He carried a cardboard sign reading Arizona on one side and Utah on the other, wore a t-shirt, tan cargo pants and a brimmed hat, and had a duffle bag and a skateboard. Family contact through social media continued regularly until that sighting; all communication stopped afterward and they have not heard from him since.

In July 2022 firefighters fighting a wildfire in the Grand Canyon region of Arizona found a backpack that was later confirmed to be Alford’s. Personal items and identification were inside. A search of the roughly 370-acre area turned up no additional clues. The circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear and the case unsolved.

Did anyone see Alford on the road between Idaho and the Grand Canyon in late August 2014 or remember a hitchhiker with that Arizona/Utah sign?