Herman J. Caldwell Jr., 32, disappeared from Columbia, South Carolina on March 3, 1982, after telling his mother he was heading to Charleston. He withdrew $500 at a bank that day, the last recorded activity on his account, then left in his 1972 black and gray Pontiac Grand Prix, South Carolina plate GOK 105. Caldwell, known to some as Dig, was described as about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches and 150 pounds, wearing a blue flowered shirt, black pants and a hat.

Caldwell had been violently robbed and beaten in 1978 and later identified one attacker as Leroy Nolan. Shortly before he disappeared he told his father Nolan was threatening him and stayed with his parents briefly; despite his father’s pleas he left. Caldwell never collected his last two paychecks from Owens Steel, his bank activity stopped, and neither he nor his car have been seen since. Foul play is suspected and the case remains an active cold case with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

If anyone in Columbia or Charleston remembers Herman, his Pontiac, or that March 3, 1982 trip, please come forward with information.