Charles Sylvester Sanford was 28 and living with his parents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when he vanished in the winter of 1983. He was unemployed at the time and had been receiving daily phone calls from an unknown woman he said was a nurse; his family never met her and her identity remains unknown. When his parents returned home the day he disappeared, Charles and his clothes were gone and his car was missing.

Three days later the vehicle was found abandoned in Arizona, and investigators thought he might have been headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, though no reason for such a trip has been established. He is described as a Black male, 6 feet 3 inches, about 150 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a scar on his forehead. At the time he was believed to be wearing blue jeans, a blue flannel shirt and suede loafers. The Baton Rouge Police Department continues to hold the case file.

Did anyone ever know the identity of the woman who called Charles or have information about his travel to the Southwest?