Derrick Vincent Kucera was 23 when he disappeared from his parents’ home in Hillsboro, Alabama. He was last seen on October 29, 1986, reportedly as a passenger in a vehicle driven by an unidentified man on Ivy Hollow Road. At home, all of Derrick’s belongings were left behind — his car, clothes, wallet, and money — and there were no signs of a struggle.

Family accounts say Derrick stepped out to buy cigarettes and never returned. He was described as a white male with blond or brown hair, green eyes, a pierced ear, a scar on his abdomen and another near his left eye; at the time he was clean-shaven and reportedly wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, mismatched high-top sneakers (one black, one red) and a necklace with a silver cross. The original investigative file was reportedly lost, a private investigator was later hired, and a governor at one point offered a reward. In 2006 authorities in California queried Lawrence County about a found body that might have matched Derrick, but no connection was confirmed.

The case remains unsolved and marked by very few leads. If anyone knew Derrick, saw him around Hillsboro in late October 1986, or has information about the vehicle or the unidentified man on Ivy Hollow Road, please come forward.