Eric Lee Franks, 38, went to Saginaw, Michigan in late 2010 hoping to build a relationship with a teenage daughter he had only recently learned about. He checked into the Miller’s Motel and stayed about five months. On March 21, 2011 he was reportedly last seen leaving the motel in a bronze four-door 2001 Chevrolet Malibu with Ohio plate EMH4902, and neither he nor the car were seen again.

Eric had black hair, brown eyes, pierced ears, wore a full set of dentures and had a partially amputated left big toe with no nail. In the months after his disappearance the family received emails from his account that his mother felt didn’t sound like him. The motel owner said Eric’s ex-girlfriend, the mother of his daughter, was seen clearing his room and said he’d moved to California; a witness reported seeing the ex-girlfriend’s husband threaten Eric outside the motel. Activity on his phone after he was last seen included calls to businesses that didn’t fit the profile of someone relocating.

Did anyone know Eric, his movements in Saginaw, or have information about the Malibu between 2011 and 2020?