Rory Neal Shoemaker, 34, left his parents’ home in south Everett, Washington, on September 1, 1995, for a camping trip to Red Bridge Campground east of Granite Falls and never arrived. He was last seen wearing a short-sleeved gray T-shirt, a red baseball cap, black low-top tennis shoes and possibly blue jeans. He drove a distinctive white 1979 Datsun 210 two-door hatchback (Washington plate 205-AKX) with black louvers over the rear window, a damaged left front quarter panel, a spider-web cracked windshield and one seat with a black-and-white checkered pattern. His disappearance was reported on September 6, 1995; he had packed to move to Montana with his mother just days later, and family say leaving without telling anyone would have been out of character.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has kept the case open and assigned it to cold case detectives. Over the years investigators have received tips, including unsubstantiated suggestions that he might have been murdered and buried inside his car, but no physical evidence or confirmed sightings have emerged and the vehicle has not been recovered. If anyone has information about Rory Shoemaker or his Datsun, contact the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.