Wilfred Butch King III, 37, was last seen at his Essex, Vermont home on October 24, 1980, leaving in his blue and white 1979 Chevrolet Blazer. He was recovering from a severe accident two years earlier and used crutches; those crutches, stained with blood, were found by hunters in Colchester the same day he was reported missing. Two weeks later the Blazer was found abandoned and burned in a gravel pit in Williston.

At the time King was in the midst of a contentious divorce from his estranged wife, Diane. She at first agreed to cooperate with investigators but later refused a polygraph and instructed the couple’s children not to speak with police. Diane then moved back into the family home with two men who damaged King’s property. King’s parents suspected Diane might have orchestrated his murder to gain his estate, but no one has been charged.

Authorities consider Wilfred King a homicide victim; his body has never been found despite multiple searches and court inquests. Did anyone in Essex, Colchester, or Williston in late October 1980 see King, his Blazer, or anything suspicious that could help resolve what happened?