Stephan Mitchell Adams, a 26-year-old Native American student at Northeastern State University, disappeared from Tahlequah, Oklahoma on December 13, 2004. He had just finished a final exam that morning and spoke with his girlfriend at about 11:00 a.m., saying he was giving a man a ride to Keys, Oklahoma. That call was the last confirmed contact. Shortly afterward his phone rang once then went to voicemail and subsequent calls went straight to voicemail.

He was reportedly seen between 11:30 a.m. and noon at a Cookson convenience store appearing agitated, buying a soda, then leaving alone in his white 1995 GMC pickup. Neither he nor the truck have been seen since. His personal belongings, including money and an asthma inhaler, were left behind and there has been no activity on his credit cards or phone. The family received a threatening call telling them to stop the investigation.

Investigators describe a contentious two-year custody battle with his ex-wife and note a major custody hearing was due in a few days, a timing they consider significant. Police have sought a white man then aged about 40 to 50 who was seen loitering at a Dollar General near Stephan’s apartment the morning he vanished; he has not been publicly identified. Does anyone who lived in Tahlequah or Cookson in December 2004 remember seeing Stephan, his truck, or the man at the Dollar General?