Thomas Anthony Nuzzi, 52, vanished from Anchorage in mid-June 2001 while working as a traveling registered nurse. He was last seen on surveillance footage at 9:47 p.m. on June 18, 2001, buying a few items at a gas station near the Super 8 motel on Minnesota Drive where he was staying. He was reported missing on June 21 after failing to show up for a job in Bethel.

Thomas’s red 1997 Jeep Cherokee was found abandoned in the Alpenglow parking lot at Chugach State Park about 12 miles from Anchorage; the keys were inside. A three-day search of the park turned up no sign of him. His storage unit in Anchorage was unlocked when his nephew checked it; wallet, credit cards, ID, and his mountain bike were inside, but a .38 caliber handgun he owned was missing. Motel staff reported a man and woman seen trying to break into his Jeep on June 15 and again on June 18, and a housekeeper said an unfamiliar man was in Thomas’s room on the morning he was due to fly to Bethel. Those two people, who also appeared with Thomas on the gas station footage, have not been identified.

What did readers in Anchorage or anyone who knew Thomas notice around June 15–19, 2001 that might help explain his disappearance?