Eulan Ray Hodgkinson Jr. was 31 and living in Pinehurst, Texas, when he disappeared after leaving his mother’s house on September 11, 1988. He told her he planned to eat, meet his boss and pick up a part for a welding job; his welding equipment was left out at home, suggesting he did not expect to be gone long. His black and charcoal 1988 Dodge Dakota was found two days later locked and abandoned on a dead-end road in a wooded part of rural Orange County. Personal items including a camera, a stereo and a rifle were missing, and the truck’s jack had been removed despite the tires being new. Investigators have long suspected foul play and have interviewed multiple persons of interest, but no conclusive answers have been reached. Hodgkinson had also reportedly said he knew something serious that he would only reveal in court, a detail that adds to the unresolved questions.

Did anyone in the area know where Hodgkinson worked, who he meant by knowing something serious, or recall seeing that Dodge Dakota around September 11–13, 1988?