Michael Anthony Womack, 25, was last seen in the early afternoon of March 31, 2008, in Alton, Illinois. He had been at a friend’s house and left in his dark green 2004 Ford F-150. Michael was a devoted father of five, engaged and expecting a son two months after he disappeared; his family says his failure to appear for a traffic court date two days later and to report for his job at a Wood River Walmart was highly uncharacteristic.

The last activity from his cell phone was a call that pinged a tower near the former Godfrey speedway, a signal that could have originated anywhere within a twenty-mile radius. About three weeks after he vanished, his locked pickup was found in a Cahokia gas station parking lot, nearly 30 miles from where he was last seen. The truck was undamaged, contained his keys and his daughter’s car seat, and appeared to have been wiped clean of potential evidence; no immediate signs of foul play were reported.

The Alton Police Department keeps the case open and the family continues to seek answers. If anyone knew Michael’s movements in late March 2008 or has information about the truck being in Cahokia, please come forward.