Harvey Allen Kays, 48, was last seen December 12, 1988, in the rural area of Rocky Branch Road in Franklin County, Kentucky. His disappearance was not reported to the Kentucky State Police until January 3, 1989. A short note saying Had to leave was found, and two of his vehicles — a 1977 Ford pickup and a 1983 Winnebago — were also missing.

Kays was described as a white male, 5 feet 11 inches, 230 pounds, with brown hair, green eyes, eyeglasses, a beard, a small circular birthmark on the upper right side of his face, and tattoos reading Harvey on his upper right arm and Jerry on his upper left arm. He was believed to be wearing a grey sweatshirt, white tennis shoes, a gold chain with a Cadillac emblem, and a diamond cluster ring on his right hand. Investigators later came to believe he was the victim of a homicide; his remains have never been found and the case is classified as endangered missing.

Online discussion has named a main suspect who reportedly acquired Kays’s missing vehicles and died in June 1989, a detail attributed to Kays’s son. The Kentucky State Police Post 12 in Frankfort retains the case file. Does anyone with knowledge of Franklin County in late 1988 or information about the missing vehicles have tips that could help resolve this case?