Shane William Neuhaus, 35, disappeared from the Highland County, Ohio area in the early summer of 2003. He was last known to be in east Hillsboro in the company of a friend, Shawn A. Deardroff. Family members said Shane had been having problems with people, had talked about carrying a gun for protection, and had begun engaging in risky activities.

Investigators later charged Deardroff in March 2005 with felonious assault against Shane after Deardroff admitted to an altercation around the time of the disappearance, but detectives did not conclude Deardroff was responsible for Shane’s death. Attention shifted to Michael Fogt, a former employer and associate of Neuhaus who worked at an auto repair shop. Evidence linked Fogt to Shane and Fogt was already under investigation for other violent crimes; Fogt later was convicted in unrelated murders. While incarcerated, Fogt reportedly gave a location where Shane’s body might be found; a search there produced nothing. Shane’s body has never been found and no one has been charged in his disappearance.

Does anyone have information about Shane’s movements in Highland County in 2003 or about his connections to Fogt’s auto shop?