Larkie Toups, a 46-year-old tugboat crewman, disappeared in Bogalusa, Louisiana on January 1, 2008. That evening he had been at a friend’s house and was later found walking and noticeably intoxicated by police around 9:00 p.m. Officers did not arrest him; instead they checked him into a room at the Budget Inn on Austin Street and watched him go upstairs. That is the last confirmed sighting.

A hotel employee later found his room door open with Toups’s identification and room key inside, but Toups himself was gone. He was last seen wearing a red shirt over a white shirt, blue jeans, and blue canvas slip-on shoes. Family say he could become confused when intoxicated and believe it was out of character for him to disappear and likely that he is no longer alive. Investigators have questioned two people suspected in a robbery that may have unintentionally resulted in his death, and the case was reopened in 2013 after inquiry by the Feliciana Crime Lab. The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office and Bogalusa Police Department continue to seek information.

Did anyone in the area on New Year’s Day 2008 see Larkie or notice anything unusual near the Budget Inn that night?