Tom Phifer, 28, vanished after leaving his Denver home on May 18, 1984. He and his 36-year-old girlfriend, Kay Hollis, were driving to Grand Junction in Phifer’s green 1972 Ford Pinto, Colorado plate AGB319. Hollis’s body was recovered from the Colorado River between Palisade and De Beque in June 1984; the autopsy listed drowning with no signs of trauma. Phifer and his car were never found despite searches of the river and surrounding areas, and Denver police have kept the case open.

Phifer is described as a Black male, 6 feet tall, 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Investigators considered that the couple might have driven into the river, but without Phifer or the Pinto the theory remains unproven. The trip’s circumstances and what happened after they left Denver are still unclear.

If anyone was in the Grand Junction corridor or along the Colorado River around May 18, 1984, or remembers the Pinto with plate AGB319, can you share what you know?