Jerry Dale Calhoun was 44 when he was last seen leaving his Prineville, Oregon, home on May 30, 1999. A week later his brother found Jerry’s blue 1990 Subaru station wagon abandoned on U.S. Highway 26 near Mount Hood, about thirty miles west of Maupin. The vehicle still contained his cellphone, a gas receipt, full cans of beer, a propane tank and other personal items, but Jerry and his wallet were missing.

At the time Jerry worked as a machinist at his father’s shop in Terrebonne and was in the process of buying the business. Family members say he had a history of short disappearances tied to struggles with methamphetamine use, but he had never been gone this long. In the months before he vanished his family believed he was doing well; others recall he sometimes talked about disappearing if he could not overcome his addiction.

Search teams from Wasco and Clackamas counties canvassed the area where the car was found but came up with no leads, and the case later went cold at the Crook County Sheriff’s Office. A few months after his disappearance a collection agent told Jerry’s daughter that a credit card had been registered in his name, but it has not been confirmed whether he opened the account. Does anyone have information about Jerry’s whereabouts in 1999 or memories that could help piece together his last known movements?