Edward Eddy Hale Tidwell, 31, disappeared from his Marion, Kentucky home on the evening of December 14, 1981. He told his wife he was driving to Sturgis to meet a man who claimed to be a foreman for a river industry business in southern Illinois, then left at about 8:45 PM in his yellow 1974 Chevrolet Bel Air (Kentucky plate AKV 215). The car had a cracked right front windshield and rust spots. Neither Tidwell nor the vehicle were seen again.

A white man with brown hair and blue eyes, Tidwell stood about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 1 inch and weighed about 160 to 165 pounds. He had scars on his right knee, right arm, and abdomen; a broken nose from prior injuries; and an Army tattoo on his upper left arm reading 13 1/2 / 12 jury. He was reportedly wearing blue jeans, a shirt of unknown color, and black steel-toed boots with white socks trimmed in green and red.

Kentucky State Police investigated, but no concrete answers emerged and the case remains an unsolved endangered missing person matter. He had no criminal record and family members said there was no clear reason for him to voluntarily leave. If anyone saw Edward Tidwell, his yellow Bel Air, or the man he planned to meet on December 14, 1981, please come forward with information.