Joel A. Moore was 27 when he vanished from his home in Galatia, Illinois, in the spring of 2010. He was last seen leaving on March 20, 2010, in his white 1990 Cadillac Deville, Illinois plate A369209. The final known communication came in a text to his brother at about 6:30 p.m. the same evening saying he planned to visit some old friends and would not be home that night; he did not identify who he intended to see.

A former co-worker reported a possible sighting of Joel driving east on Illinois Route 13 near Southeastern Illinois College around the time of the last text; the witness said Joel was alone in the car. The last text was routed through a cell tower in the Harrisburg area, where his brother said Joel had friends.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office led extensive ground, air, and water searches across the area between the Ohio River and Carbondale, and volunteer teams later used sonar to scan bodies of water including One Horse Gap Lake, Blue Hole, and Glen Jones Lake. Despite those efforts, no trace of Joel or his car has been found. If anyone knew Joel, his movements that evening, or saw a white 1990 Cadillac Deville in southeastern Illinois around March 20, 2010, please come forward with information.