Larry Joe Ardley, 39, of Tallahassee has been missing since February 28, 1998. He was last seen visiting his sister at her office on Apalachee Parkway. Authorities believe he accidentally caused a fire that destroyed his mother’s home shortly before he vanished. An unconfirmed sighting was reported April 1, 1998, near Mike’s Beer Barn on West Tennessee Street; no confirmed sightings have followed.

A Navy veteran, Ardley suffered from schizophrenia and required medication; his case is classified as endangered missing because he may be a danger to himself or others without treatment. He was known to frequent the West Tennessee Street area near Florida State University and used aliases including Larry Jones and Larry Wall.

At the time of his disappearance he had a limp, missing teeth and several scars, including a half-inch scar under his left eyebrow and scars on his right thigh, left shoulder and back. Despite extensive searches, there has been no sign of him since; does anyone who lived or worked near West Tennessee Street in early 1998 remember seeing him?