Charles F. Hanlon was 58 when he disappeared from his Bloomingdale, Ohio home in autumn 1999. Reports differ on the last known date — some list October 10, 1999, others October 27, 1999. Hanlon, who was diabetic and asthmatic, reportedly left intending to drive to Florida to buy a motorcycle in his 1999 black Ford F-150 extended cab with Ohio plate BGA4049 and was not seen again.

The case went cold for years despite work by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. In May 2022 a dive team located Hanlon’s pickup submerged at the Steubenville marina; the VIN matched the truck to him. The vehicle was turned over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for forensic examination, and investigators say they will revisit past leads with this new evidence. The ultimate fate of Charles Hanlon remains unknown.

Did anyone in the Bloomingdale or Steubenville area see a black Ford F-150 headed toward the river or out of the area in October 1999?