Donald Howell Collins, 52, disappeared from Corbin, Kentucky, on April 1, 1992. The last confirmed sighting was in his hometown; when he failed to return home he was reported missing and the Corbin Police Department led searches and investigations. Family and friends mounted their own search efforts and distributed flyers, but early searches turned up no significant leads.

Weeks after his disappearance Collins’s car was found abandoned in the parking lot of the East Towne Shopping Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, with the keys in the ignition and the driver’s side window rolled down. Collins often carried large sums of money, a detail that prompted concern about foul play. He was described as a 5 feet 8 inches white male, 180–190 pounds, graying hair, brown eyes, wore glasses and had tattoos (Woody Woodpecker on his right forearm, Duck on his left shoulder blade, a flower between the thumb and index finger of his left hand). He was last seen wearing a white nylon windbreaker, a grey Harvard sweatshirt, Levi’s Docker jeans, Hush Puppy shoes, plus a one-carat solitaire ring and a Gucci watch.

The investigation explored accident and foul-play theories but produced no resolution and eventually went cold. If anyone knew Donald, saw him around Corbin or Knoxville in spring 1992, or has information that could help his family, please come forward.