Walter Iwao Kimoto, 71, was last seen in Aurora, Colorado, on August 15, 2003. In the late summer of 2003 he sent a letter to a niece in Hawaii stating that, because of advancing age and declining health, he intended to take his last hike into the woods. Before he disappeared he closed his bank accounts and gave away his car.

Mr. Kimoto was an Asian male, 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 130 pounds, with graying black hair and brown eyes. He suffered from macular degeneration and required regular eye drops, a medical detail investigators and family say would have made a solitary trip into the wilderness especially dangerous. The items he may have been wearing at the time are unknown.

The niece reported him to the Aurora Police Department and the case is classified as a lost or injured missing person; there has been no sign of him since August 15, 2003. Did anyone in Aurora or the surrounding area know Walter’s routines, favorite walking spots, or contacts from that summer?