Jimmy Dean Johnson, 30, vanished after a phone call home from a Tallulah, Louisiana, truck stop on the evening of September 22, 1998. He told his wife he planned to go to Vidalia, Louisiana, then on to Elba, Alabama. Family members have said he routinely called daily while on the road and would not have willingly abandoned his wife and child.

Nearly three weeks later, on October 11, 1998, Johnson’s 1985 Peterbilt semi was found burned and abandoned on a secluded dead-end road in St. Joseph, Louisiana, about a 44-minute drive south of Tallulah. The rig was pulling another truck on a flatbed trailer. No sign of Johnson was found at the scene, and his movements after the last call are scarce.

Investigators have at times suggested possible criminal involvement and use of aliases; the family disputes those claims. The case remains unsolved and without clear leads. If anyone knew Jimmy’s routes, stops, or associates in late September 1998, can you share what you remember?