Jason Saul was 17 when he disappeared from a desert area just outside Bullhead City, Arizona. He was last seen on August 15, 1997; the previous afternoon he and a friend, Kenford Farley, had driven into the desert in an orange 1977 Dodge van to look for crystals and the van became stuck. Farley says the two walked together about a mile before separating, and he last saw Jason around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. on August 15. Farley reached a Bullhead City hospital around 9:00 a.m. that morning; Jason never arrived and was not seen again.

Jason was described as a Caucasian male, blond hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 4 inches, about 120 pounds, with a cross tattoo on the web of his hand and Lazy J tattooed on his abdomen. An extensive search by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office and volunteers, including a helicopter, began after authorities were notified on August 16 and was suspended the following evening pending new information. The case has been classified over time as both lost/injured missing and endangered runaway. The friend who last saw him, Kenford Farley, died in 2000.

No definitive explanation has been established; family members have long suspected foul play but searches turned up no evidence. Does anyone have information about Jason’s movements that night or recall seeing the orange 1977 Dodge van in the desert area?