Edwin Collins Smith, 49, of Palm Bay, Florida, was last seen May 13, 1988, after placing an ad seeking a roommate. He disappeared shortly after meeting Charles Harris Schuhart III, who responded to the ad. Schuhart stole several blank checks from Smith’s home and used them to withdraw nearly $88,000 from Smith’s accounts; Smith’s family in Virginia reported him missing later that month.

In 1993 Schuhart was convicted of fraud for the check theft and served three years. In 2007 Schuhart was charged in connection with Smith’s disappearance after admitting knowledge of where Smith’s body was buried; he later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, saying Smith had been shot and buried in the Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area. Despite those statements, Smith’s body has not been recovered.

Did anyone in Palm Bay or the Bull Creek area in 1988 see Smith, the roommate ad, or anything unusual around the time he vanished?