Joseph J. Bichrest was 34 when he was last seen in Shirley, Maine, on October 16, 1976. He was a White male, about 5 feet 11 inches and 200 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a beard and mustache.

At the time he vanished Joseph appears to have been under severe strain. Reports say he was facing marital and financial problems, in the process of a divorce, and under investigation for theft, tax evasion and Bar Association complaints. He had reportedly borrowed large sums, written bad checks, and become despondent; suicidal threats were said to have been made. He disappeared along with his blue and white Jeep, Maine plate 550-212, which has never been recovered. Two days after he was last seen a credit card in his name was reportedly used in Philadelphia. Rumors that he was murdered and speculation that he and his Jeep might be in a Greenville-area quarry led investigators to search several quarries, but neither he nor the vehicle was found.

Joseph remains listed as a missing person under Maine State Police Troop E, case CC 76-694. Does anyone have information about Joseph’s whereabouts in October 1976 or recall seeing that Jeep in the Greenville or Philadelphia areas?