Brandon Lee Wade was three years old when he and his mother, 26-year-old Paula Ann Wade, were last seen in Valdosta, Georgia, on October 14, 2002. Paula failed to show up for her Sam’s Club shift that day; a coworker who checked their apartment at the Commons on St. Augustine Road found the home lived-in but empty and saw Paula’s 1998 Chevrolet Blazer still in the parking lot.

Luggage, allergy medicine and the blanket and musical tape Brandon used to fall asleep were left behind, and investigators noted the child safety seat had been removed from the vehicle—a detail described as out of character for Paula and which heightened concern that their disappearance was not planned. Paula’s husband, then stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, was questioned and cleared; a 19-year-old roommate, Marcus Randolph Burroughs, was investigated after a tip led to a search that recovered only animal bones. The Valdosta Police Department, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI have all worked the case and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has issued age-progressed images of Brandon.

Does anyone in Valdosta or the area remember seeing Paula, Brandon or that Chevrolet Blazer around October 14, 2002?