Donald Wayne Ellenburg, 38, disappeared from a remote stretch of Kneeland Road near Youngs Road in Elmer Township, Oscoda County, Michigan, on the night of February 14, 1996. He was last seen about 10:00 p.m. standing beside his red and white 1991 Geo Tracker, which had become stuck in the snow. Passing motorists stopped and offered help but he reportedly declined. When the vehicle was towed the following day, February 15, Ellenburg was gone.

At the time he vanished he was described as a white male, 6 feet tall, about 160 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and glasses. He wore blue jeans, a red sweatshirt and brown Carhartt coveralls, and a sterling silver identification bracelet with no inscription. He had several distinct scars on his left shoulder and ankle and on both wrists and the right forearm, and was a former U.S. Marine.

Searches by the Oscoda County Sheriff’s Office, a Michigan DNR plane and Michigan State Police K-9 units focused on the nearby Au Sable State Forest but turned up no trace. The disappearance was officially reported on February 20, 1996, and the case remains open with no significant leads.

If anyone was in the area that night or remembers seeing Donald or his Geo Tracker, please share what you know.