Gregory Harold Nicely, 34, of Van Buren, Arkansas, disappeared on January 4, 1987, after an argument at a residence. An eyewitness told investigators the confrontation escalated and Nicely was shot, then dragged to his own pickup and driven away. Two days later the pickup was found abandoned near the Arkansas–Oklahoma border with a large amount of blood on the floorboard, but Nicely was not there.

The man last seen with Nicely was arrested and later convicted of second-degree battery; he was acquitted of a kidnapping charge. He testified that he drove Nicely toward a hospital, then to a property owned by Nicely, and that Nicely was gone when he returned from a nearby store. Authorities have long treated Nicely as likely deceased, but his mother has said she hoped he might be alive and suffering from amnesia. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office lists the investigation as open.

Did anyone living in the Van Buren area in January 1987 see or hear anything that could shed light on what happened to Gregory Nicely?