Willie Charles Standberry Sr., known as Chuck, was 72 when he disappeared from East Cleveland, Ohio. The last confirmed sighting was December 7, 2006, when he left a friend’s house about 7:15 p.m. He was expected at his girlfriend’s home about a 15-minute drive away but never arrived. Possible later sightings place him at a Shell station at East 123rd and St. Clair. At the time he drove a 2001 hunter green Ford Focus and was reportedly wearing a beige jogging suit, a black suede jacket, and a baseball cap. He had a glass left eye, wore glasses, and walked with a limp in his right leg.

The family says there was no activity on his bank accounts or cell phone after he vanished, and he had not packed extra clothing. A private investigator hired by the family suspects he may have been killed in his home, which has since been demolished, and that his body could have been placed in his car and the vehicle then destroyed at a local salvage yard. That theory was linked to an account that an undercover state agent investigating a car theft ring might have seen Standberry’s Focus being destroyed.

If anyone knew Willie Standberry Sr., his routines, or saw a hunter green 2001 Ford Focus in the area in December 2006, can you share what you remember?