Theodore ’Ted’ Kampf, 46, left Oaklyn, New Jersey on July 6, 1981 in a 1980 brown Chevrolet pickup with a camper shell, planning to travel to Dawson City, Yukon. He carried about $5,000 in traveler's checks and kept in touch early on, sending letters and calling his parents from Mount Vernon, Washington on July 13 to say he was about to cross into Canada. That call was the last time the family heard from him.

After his disappearance someone began forging his signature and cashing his traveler's checks in British Columbia. On July 27 a woman in Boise, Idaho reported a minor crash with a man driving a truck she was told belonged to Theodore Kampf, but the driver’s description did not match him. His family reported him missing in October 1981. On October 29 his pickup was found abandoned in a ravine near Philipsburg, Montana.

For decades the case remained unresolved and was periodically reexamined by successive investigators. Significant forensic work linked partial human remains found near Dawson City in 1983 to the family. Investigators believe Kampf was murdered shortly after arriving in the Yukon in July 1981, and the case is being investigated as a homicide. Does anyone have memories of seeing Kampf’s truck, traveling through the Yukon in July 1981, or knowledge that could help clarify what happened?