Gene Wesley Lysle, 39, disappeared after attending a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in June 2004. On June 13 his mother dropped him at a rest stop on State Route 213 in Wellsville, Ohio; he planned to hitchhike to Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. A couple later said they gave him a ride home and dropped him at Market and Fourth Streets in East Liverpool, Ohio, near his residence, but he was not seen or heard from after that.

At the time he vanished he was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, blue jeans, a blue bandana and lace-up work boots. He is described as a Caucasian male with sandy brown hair, brown eyes, standing between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 5 inches and weighing 120 to 125 pounds. Distinguishing marks include a skull with a hat tattoo on his inner left forearm, a star between his left thumb and forefinger, other tattoos on his right arm, a pierced left ear and four upper front teeth missing. He had asthma and emphysema and may have needed medication.

His disappearance was out of character; his mother said he never went more than a few days without contact and believes foul play may be involved. The Wellsville Police Department investigated, and the case remains an active missing person investigation. If anyone has information about Gene Lysle, please contact the Wellsville Police Department.