Lloyd M. McKinney, 30, disappeared in the spring of 1998 from the Salt Lick Creek area near Vanceburg, Kentucky. He was last seen at a campsite in a low-lying area that can be affected by backwaters from the Ohio River. At the time he vanished he wore a black Chicago Bulls t-shirt, black jeans and black lace-up boots size 9 1/2. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches, about 150 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and sometimes a mustache; he had several tattoos, though their details are not widely known.

A year after his disappearance a friend who had been with him, Vernon Richmond, confessed that an altercation led to Lloyd striking his head on a rock and dying. Richmond said he buried Lloyd in a shallow grave in a nearby creek bed, later fled the state and was apprehended in Arizona. Richmond pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and tampering with evidence; another woman was convicted for her involvement. Searches recovered some of Lloyd’s clothing but his body has never been found and investigators believe the nearby waterways may have carried remains into the Ohio River.

Anyone with memories of Lloyd, the Salt Lick Creek campsite, or information about the burial area is asked to come forward.