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In October 2007, 33-year-old U.S. Army Reservist Manuel Manny Salado disappeared from his home in Oklahoma City after returning from Army Basic Training. He was reported missing when he failed to attend weekend Reserve drills; his cell phone, wallet, passport and military ID were all left at the residence. On October 8, 2007, he sought refuge with a friend and said he feared his wife, Exondia Jaye Salado, was trying to kill him. He agreed to return home after a phone call with Exondia and was never seen again.

Investigators later focused on Exondia after friends reported she had confessed to killing Manuel, hiding his body in a large plastic container, then moving and burning it. Searches on her computer for how to dismember a human body and human decomposition were uncovered, and a former lover testified she had said she had cooked her husband after shooting him. Exondia was arrested in Florida in December 2008, charged with murder, and in April 2011 was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole despite there being no body and the remains never located.

Are there details about Manuel’s last movements or anyone who saw him after October 8, 2007, that could still help clarify what happened?