August M. Thiede, known as Bill, was 84 when he was last seen standing in his yard in the 900 block of Litchfield Road in Norfolk, Connecticut, at about 8:45 a.m. on June 10, 1994. He is described as a white man, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with gray or partially gray hair, hazel eyes, and a missing right pinky finger. That morning he was reportedly wearing blue jeans, gray shoes, a brown vinyl jacket, and a black baseball cap bearing the words Elvis Presley.

Investigators and family considered the possibility he became confused and wandered away; one report suggested he may have been trying to travel to Maine to visit relatives. An extensive local search turned up no sign of him. NamUs lists his case as MP3365, with the Connecticut State Police investigating (agency case number CFS 0300213699). The case remains open with no public resolution of alive or deceased.

Did anyone in the Norfolk or Maine area have contact with an elderly man matching Bill Thiede’s description around June 1994?