Michael Ray Orsborn was 38 when he was last seen leaving a residence on Highway 120 in Provencal, Louisiana, in the early morning hours of January 31, 2006. His wife reported seeing him get up about 12:30 a.m. to go for a ride in his truck; he was reportedly last seen at about 3:15 a.m. That day his maroon 1984 Mercury pickup was found wrecked in a ditch off Highway 120 at Sparks Road, roughly a mile from his home, but Michael was not inside the vehicle.

Investigators noted the scene suggested a single-car accident. Michael’s wallet was recovered about 75 to 100 yards from the abandoned truck. He lived with his ex-wife and their four children near where the crash occurred. At the time he was described as a white male, 5 feet 11 inches, about 130 pounds, brown balding hair, brown eyes, with tattoos on his right shoulder and upper left arm; he may have been wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

The family reported him missing one week after he was last seen. Despite an investigation by the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, no significant leads emerged and the case went cold. Eleven years later the family suffered another disappearance when Michael’s daughter Cynthia Orsborn went missing in 2017; there is no indication the two cases are connected.

Does anyone have information about Michael’s movements in Provencal the night of January 31, 2006, or recall seeing his pickup on Highway 120 or Sparks Road?