David Charles Dodge was 55 when he was last seen in Frederic, Wisconsin, on April 2, 1983. He had severe rheumatoid arthritis and a surgically fused right knee that left him walking with a limp. A Navy veteran (1946–1948), Dodge had divorced around 1980 or 1981 and moved to Frederic.

On the day he disappeared he was seen with a short, heavyset woman with light brown hair — a name reported as Jean, Gina, or Jenna — who was driving a light blue station wagon with Missouri plates. Family later learned Dodge’s Social Security checks were being directed to a post office box in Milledgeville, Georgia, and there was a report submitted to the Social Security Administration claiming he had died in 1984; no death certificate has been found. The family suspects his disappearance may be linked to Social Security fraud involving the woman he was last seen with.

No confirmed trace of Dodge has been found and the case remains unsolved. Anyone who knew David, the woman seen with him, or who has information about the station wagon or Milledgeville activities in the mid 1980s is asked to come forward.