Bruce Falconer was 21 and a Marine sergeant when he went missing on February 20, 1981, while home on leave in Bismarck, North Dakota. He had enlisted at 16, was recently promoted and preparing for a transfer to Yuma, Arizona. On the night he disappeared he and childhood friend Timothy Jewell visited several bars and later went to an area south of the city along the Missouri River known locally as the Desert.

A few days later Bruce’s Chevrolet Blazer was found stuck in the mud near the river. Investigators recovered cigarette butts and evidence of a campfire at the scene, but there was no sign of either man. Jewell’s skeletal remains were found in that area in 1992 and authorities concluded he likely died of exposure; Bruce’s body was never found. The Marines declared Bruce legally dead five years after his disappearance, but the circumstances of what happened that night remain unresolved.

Did anyone live in or visit the Desert in 1981 who might remember seeing Bruce, his Blazer, or anyone else that night?