William Meehan, 32, left home in East Brunswick with his brother for a trip to the Jersey Shore on April 28, 2000. The brothers stopped at MacLearie Park in Belmar; when Peter stepped out to look at the ocean, William unexpectedly locked the car and drove off north on Route 35, leaving his brother behind. Peter walked back to East Brunswick and by the next morning realized William and his silver four-door Oldsmobile 88 had not returned. The family reported him missing on May 5.

Investigators later linked William’s car to a hit-and-run on Route 22 in Green Brook, New Jersey; the driver fled the scene. Some activity was recorded on William’s AT&T calling card on May 4, but the calls could not be traced. At the time he disappeared he was described as a Caucasian male, 5 feet 10 inches, 205 pounds, with sandy brown hair, blue eyes, a scar on his left shoulder blade and a scar on his forehead. He was last seen wearing a pink and gray shirt, blue jeans and white Avia sneakers.

The abrupt way he left his brother, the subsequent accident involving his car, and the lack of contact have left many unanswered questions. Anyone who saw William or that Oldsmobile in late April or early May 2000, or who has information about the hit-and-run on Route 22, is asked to come forward.