Robert C. Garman, 33, was last seen on September 24, 1996, near Chadwick in the Mark Twain National Forest after attending a multi-day party with about fifteen people. He had traveled from Hot Springs, Arkansas, with a female acquaintance to visit friends. Witnesses say Garman argued with a male and a female acquaintance shortly before he and the woman walked away from the gathering into a wooded campground area; that was the last confirmed sighting of him.

Two days later horseback riders found the woman alone, naked, disoriented, and badly bruised. She told authorities she had been sexually assaulted and said Robert Garman had been shot in the face. No body has been recovered and no arrests have been announced. Garman used aliases including Bob Garman, Bob Garmann, and Strad Dighton, and had multiple tattoos on his back, chest, and arms. The chaotic party setting and conflicting accounts have complicated the investigation.

Does anyone have information about that party, the people who attended, or Garman’s movements in the Ozarks that week?