John Walter Sallee, known as Jay, was 30 when he vanished from Mill City, Oregon, in autumn 1994. The last recorded contact is November 1, 1994. Sallee lived a transient lifestyle, moving between towns and doing manual labor; family last spoke with him in 1993 when he said he had found work on a ranch in eastern Oregon and after that never heard from him again.

In 2016 a woman came forward alleging Sallee had been murdered in 1994 by two men, one of them her ex-husband, in a dispute over stolen property. She said Sallee was shot multiple times in the head and buried on a ranch. The Harney County Sheriff's Office conducted multiple searches of the property, including with search dogs, but no remains have been found. Investigators identified several suspects from the woman’s account, yet without a body or conclusive evidence the case remains unresolved.

Anyone who knew Jay, worked with him, or has information about ranches in eastern Oregon or Mill City in 1994 is asked to share what they remember.