On the evening of March 15, 1974, 18-year-old Perry Otto Corlew disappeared after a minor traffic incident in Grayling, Michigan. At about 8:30 p.m. he left the scene of a fender-bender in front of the Rialto Theater and was last seen driving away in a green 1971 Buick Skylark that he was buying. Approximately 90 minutes later a truck driver found that same Buick abandoned on the southbound shoulder of I-75, about 15 miles south of Grayling.

The engine was running, the headlights were on and the driver’s door was ajar, but Perry was not at the scene. Snow covered the area and no footprints were found leading away from the car; there were no witnesses or confirmed personal items to explain what happened next. His family pursued leads for years, including a sighting on television in 1978 and a strange prank phone call in 1992; the case was reopened that year and an age-progressed image and DNA samples from relatives were circulated.

Does anyone have information about Perry’s movements or contacts in northern Michigan or beyond around March 1974?