Peter Achermann, 82, of Staples, Minnesota, was last seen on July 24, 2009. He left home that morning to run errands — buying groceries and picking up his wife’s prescription — and was expected back by 2:00 p.m. He was last seen near the Crow Wing River bridge and never returned.

On July 25 his light blue 1995 Chevrolet Caprice station wagon was located stuck in mud on a remote, minimum-maintenance road about 10 miles from his home in Becker Township, Cass County. The groceries and the prescription were inside the car, but Peter was gone. His cane and car keys were missing and there was no evidence indicating where he might have gone. His family said he was in good health and not suffering from dementia; foul play was not suspected. Extensive searches turned up no trace.

Peter was a well-loved family man who had been due to speak at his granddaughter’s wedding the next day. Does anyone who was in the area around the Crow Wing River bridge or that remote road on July 24–25, 2009 remember seeing Peter or his Caprice?