Walter Andrew Cierley, 88, was last seen in July 1998 in Prineville, Oregon. His nephew, John Henry Shipman, reportedly helped him move out of his apartment and told others Walter planned to travel the country in a motor home. Walter never been heard from again.

Suspicion deepened after Shipman’s mother, Frances Brewster, was reported missing in May 2001; she had last been seen in October 1999 while living with Shipman. Investigators found Shipman had been cashing both his mother’s and his uncle’s Social Security checks after their disappearances. Two weeks before police moved to arrest him on unrelated domestic violence charges in September 2001, Shipman allegedly told an acquaintance he had killed both his mother and his uncle. Shipman then died by suicide when officers attempted to arrest him. The remains of Walter Cierley and Frances Brewster have not been found; authorities suspect the bodies are buried somewhere in central Oregon.

Does anyone remember Walter or his connections in Prineville, or have information about where he or Frances might have been taken?