Hollis Laverne Dykes, a 49-year-old U.S. Army veteran, disappeared from Elk City, Oklahoma after a traffic contact on June 6, 1983. He was last confirmed that day when a Beckham County officer issued him a ticket for an expired vehicle inspection sticker; he has not been seen or heard from since. Dykes was five feet five inches, with brown hair, blue eyes and a scar from under his arm to his collarbone. His life included military service, a stint as a horse jockey in California, and multiple marriages.

In the year before his disappearance Dykes was involved in several fraught legal matters: he sued the Beckham County Sheriff and a deputy over how a divorce summons was served, and he faced a late-1982 charge of child stealing stemming from an incident while he was with his young son. Those disputes left him in direct conflict with local officials. The Elk City Police Department still holds the open file on his disappearance.

If anyone knew Hollis, his movements in June 1983, or has information that could shed light on what happened after the traffic stop, please come forward.