Theodore Teddy Malcum Franks, 19, vanished from Middletown, Ohio, in 1986 under disturbing circumstances that still trouble his family. Accounts differ on the exact last confirmed sighting — around Memorial Day, May 31, 1986, or during Labor Day weekend the same year — but on the day he disappeared he was reportedly acting strangely after a dispute with his wife. He went to his sister’s home and asked for a ride to a gas station near Jackson and Roosevelt Boulevard to buy cigarettes.

When they arrived, Teddy suddenly jumped out of the car and ran. Witnesses saw two people chasing him down the road; he left behind his wallet, car, and other personal belongings. He was a young father of two daughters, described as a white male with blond hair, blue or green eyes, a mole near one eye, a heart tattoo on his left hand and a black dot on his wrist. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office lists him as an endangered missing person and the case remains open.

The reasons for his abrupt flight and the identities of the people seen pursuing him are unresolved. If anyone has information about where Theodore Franks went that day or about the two individuals seen chasing him, please come forward.