Charles Catlett, 56, vanished from Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a phone call on the morning of August 19, 1981, telling his office he was on his way to a meeting on Airline Highway. He never arrived and was not heard from again. At the time he was director of industrial development for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and was married with three children; family members said there were no problems at home that would explain an unexpected departure.

Two weeks after his disappearance the company car was found abandoned in a Denver suburb, and later his credit cards were used at gas stations, stores and motels across several states including New York, Colorado, Alabama, Missouri, Kansas and Louisiana. The person using the cards was described as a slim man in his twenties, a description that did not match Catlett. A California man was questioned but no charges were filed.

Catlett was described as 6 feet 2 inches, about 210 pounds, with graying hair (he wore a toupee) and hazel eyes. He was wearing a gold Timex watch with a stretch band and a gold ring with a square red stone the day he disappeared. Does anyone have memories of seeing him, his car, or those credit card transactions in 1981?