Walter Joseph Wilson was 51 when he left his sister’s home in Asheville, North Carolina, on March 27, 2009. That morning he visited his brother-in-law in the hospital and later left a note for his sister thanking them for their hospitality and saying he was leaving to attend truck driving school and would be in touch once settled. He never contacted the family again.

At the time he disappeared he was described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inch, 225 to 250 pounds, graying brown hair in a crew cut with a thinning spot at the crown, a mustache, and blue eyes. He had untreated bad knees, needed reading glasses, wore size 13DDD white tennis shoes, and took an olive green, four-foot-long duffel bag from his Navy service. Investigators established he had a North Carolina driver’s license and that he once traveled by Greyhound from Memphis to Mexico and back to Memphis, but his whereabouts after that are unknown and the trail went cold.

The Asheville Police Department lists him as missing and the family still has unanswered questions. If anyone saw Walter after March 27, 2009, or knows where he might have gone, please share what you know.