James Hal Dunn was 23 when he disappeared from Crawford County, Georgia, after an encounter with then-sheriff Carrie Dunaway on a dirt track called Bostic Road in January 1987. The truck they were driving was recovered and towed, but there was no sign of Hal.

His brother reported him missing to the sheriff’s office on the evening of January 28, 1987, and search efforts involving nearby counties were carried out in the area where they had run into the woods. Family members say Hal was familiar with those woods and that it seemed unlikely he simply got lost. The case remains open with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office; Hal’s mother and Richard Reese have both since died without knowing what happened.

Anyone who knew James Dunn, his movements in January 1987, or who has information about that stretch of Bostic Road and the surrounding woods is asked to contact investigators.