Jon Garth Murray was 40 when he vanished from San Antonio, Texas, on September 29, 1995, alongside his mother Madalyn Murray O’Hair and his niece Robin Murray O’Hair. The trio’s disappearance led to a long investigation that eventually uncovered a plot of kidnapping, extortion, and murder tied to people once associated with the American Atheists organization.

Authorities later determined that David Waters, a former employee, and accomplices Gary Karr and Danny Fry abducted the family, held them for weeks in San Antonio, and forced them to help move nearly $600,000 in gold coins. Jon Murray was reportedly taken to New Jersey with Gary Karr to retrieve part of the ransom. The victims were murdered, dismembered, and buried near Camp Wood, Texas; their remains were located in January 2001 after Waters cooperated with authorities.

David Waters pleaded guilty to conspiracy and received a 20-year federal sentence; he died in 2003. Gary Karr was convicted on multiple federal charges and given a lengthy sentence. The discovery of Danny Fry’s remains at the burial site suggested he had also been killed. Did anyone who knew Jon Murray or his family have contact with them in the months before September 29, 1995?