Bill Dwayne Wheeler, a 50-year-old businessman from Everett, Washington, disappeared after flying to Las Vegas on May 26, 2010. He told his sister he would call after arriving at his estranged wife’s residence but that promised call never came. His wife and her brother were reportedly the last to see him; their accounts were said to conflict with phone records and neighbors’ statements.

On May 29 Wheeler’s gold 2003 Toyota Tundra was found abandoned and deliberately burned at Quarry Road and Puma Road in Victorville, California. The fire had been set with a flammable substance focused on the truck bed, and the espresso machine he had gone to Las Vegas to retrieve was recovered in the charred bed. There was no sign of Wheeler at the scene.

Wheeler owned Seattle-area Grab N’ Go coffee stands and was facing mounting legal and financial troubles immediately before his trip, including a civil suit over an espresso stand, a warrant issued the day before he was reported missing for failure to appear over almost $20,000 in unpaid rent, possible foreclosure on homes, and an IRS inquiry. Family members say he would not have voluntarily abandoned his life and children. The disappearance remains unresolved.

If anyone knew Wheeler’s movements in Las Vegas on May 26 or saw his truck before it was found in Victorville, please share what you know.