Robert C. Putnam, 78, was last seen on August 3, 2000, in Neosho, Missouri, leaving his family’s farm on Tower Road for one of his customary walks. Living with dementia and a heart condition, he was last observed walking less than half a mile east of the farm wearing gray coveralls and a blue or white ball cap. His failure to return that day alarmed family; extensive searches of the rural Newton County area by relatives and law enforcement turned up no trace.

The case remains open with the Newton County Sheriff’s Office. His disappearance is described as a quiet but devastating loss: an elderly, vulnerable man who wandered from a familiar environment and was never found. Few concrete leads are mentioned and the family continues to live with uncertainty.

Did anyone living in or near Neosho in August 2000 see Robert or notice anything unusual along Tower Road that day?