Elvin Everett Crist was 40 when he vanished from Lawrence, Kansas. He was last seen on December 10, 1996, after finishing the workday with his family’s landscaping business; his father saw him at the end of the day. That evening he reportedly went to a J.C. Penney to exchange a pair of jeans and never returned home.

Weeks later his truck was found abandoned in a University of Kansas parking lot with the J.C. Penney receipt inside. Someone later tried to cash his personal checks; they bounced and the person was not identified. The family hired a private investigator and pursued DNA testing and multiple leads, but no significant breakthroughs were made. The family had him declared legally dead about a decade after he disappeared, yet investigators still list the case as open and foul play is suspected.

If anyone knew Elvin, saw his truck that December, or has information about the attempted check-cashing, please share what is known.