Carl Hollan, 74, was last seen in the Hazard area of Perry County, Kentucky, with the date most often given as November 1, 1976. He was described as a Caucasian male about 5 feet 2 inches tall, roughly 105 pounds, with gray or partly gray hair and blue eyes.

The Kentucky State Police handled the investigation, but the case was not reported until May 14, 1981 — nearly five years after he went missing — a delay that has complicated efforts to determine what happened. At one point a skeleton found in an abandoned Breathitt County coal mine was considered as possibly his, but it is not publicly known whether those remains were ever identified or excluded.

Few leads have emerged and the case is effectively cold. Does anyone who lived in Perry or Breathitt County in the 1970s have memories or information that could help explain Carl Hollan’s disappearance?