Coley Patterson Sr., 79, vanished from Kershaw, South Carolina, in mid-October 2006 after a routine doctor’s visit. He was living with early-stage Alzheimer’s and was last seen walking near Fork Hill Road and Pleasant Plains Road after his sister briefly went inside her home on Fork Hill Road and returned to find him gone.

Searches of the area by family, friends, and law enforcement turned up only his hat and one shoe. At the time he disappeared he wore a light blue shirt, blue jeans or denim overalls, a navy blue jacket, a green hat, and loafers. He was about five feet ten to five feet eleven inches tall and weighed roughly 175 to 180 pounds.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department has kept the case open. The family has continued to hope he might still be alive, but there have been no publicized new leads. If anyone saw Coley Patterson in Kershaw around mid-October 2006 or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.