David Eugene Dugger, known by his middle name Gene, was 43 when he was last heard from by phone around March 15, 1999, in Pulaski, Tennessee. His last confirmed physical sighting is uncertain, reported as sometime in late March or early April 1999. He is described as a white male, brown hair beginning to gray, brown eyes, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 0 inches tall, and 175–185 pounds.

David’s father did not file an official missing person report until January 18, 2001, nearly two years after the last contact. Investigators later recovered some of David’s personal items in a field, including an Elvis memorabilia collection and a photograph of his late mother that he was known to carry. Those recovered items prompted authorities to suspect his disappearance was not voluntary and to treat the case as a possible homicide.

The Giles County Sheriff’s Office keeps the case open. If anyone knew David, saw him in late March or April 1999, or has information about the items found in the field, please come forward.