Thomas Clyde O’Daniel, known as Tom, was 28 when he was last heard from in Phoenix, Arizona. On May 15, 1958, he phoned his family and said he planned to hitchhike about 200 miles to Yuma. That call is the last confirmed contact anyone has had with him.

Tom was described as a white man with blond or strawberry blond hair and green eyes, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, weighing 170 to 190 pounds. A distinctive detail noted in records is small flesh-colored skin tags behind his ears. The Phoenix Police Department investigated, and the case was later entered into the national missing persons database, but no further public leads are recorded.

It is unknown whether he ever reached Yuma or what happened after the call. If anyone knew Tom, traveled that route in May 1958, or has information about his disappearance, please share what you remember.