Paul Jason Shuart was 37 when he vanished after leaving a hospital in Baker City, Oregon, on April 15, 2007, while returning with his mother from a family visit in Idaho Falls. He had a documented brain disorder and stress-triggered seizures, had not been eating or sleeping well, and had forgotten his antidepressant medication. At the Baker City bus station his mother said he became confused and catatonic; an ambulance took him to the local hospital, but he walked out of the emergency room appearing paranoid and confused.

His mother and a police officer tried to persuade him to return to the hospital. Paul then walked up an embankment toward Interstate 84 near exit 304. His mother called police at about 4:40 p.m.; officers arrived around 5:00 p.m. and found no trace of him after an immediate search. He was last seen in a blue Detroit Lions baseball cap, a gray and white sweatshirt or winter jacket, gray sweatpants muddy on the lower legs, and Columbia hiking boots.

Does anyone who was traveling I-84 near exit 304 on April 15, 2007, or who remembers seeing a man matching Paul’s description that afternoon, have information to share?