Marc William Oestrike was 21 and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran when he was last seen by his parents on July 4, 2002, in Fort Myers, Florida. Two months earlier he had been in a serious car crash that left him with broken vertebrae and facial lacerations; he stopped using his back brace and sling before fully healed. On the day he disappeared he was seen with two men, one named Jose (known as Pepe) and another named Clift.

Marc’s parents discovered $17,000 missing from their home—money intended to buy land for their sons as a Christmas gift—and Marc is believed to have traveled to Brownsville, Texas, where he was reportedly seen at a sports bar. Cell records show frequent calls from his phone to Texas areas including Harlingen and McAllen. His family notes difficulty adjusting to civilian life and a history of substance abuse. The case later went cold with no solid leads.

Does anyone who knew Marc, Jose/Pepe, or Clift, or who was in Brownsville, Harlingen, or McAllen in mid-2002, have information that could help?