Young Hwan Chang, 68, vanished from Candler, North Carolina, on November 6, 2004. He had moved to the Mount Pisgah Family Care Home on November 3 after relocating from Atlanta to be nearer family in Asheville. On the afternoon he disappeared he was seen at about 4:00 p.m. in the 30 block of Upper Saw Branch Road; he walked into the Pisgah Valley Market, appeared disoriented, and then walked out.

At the time he was wearing a white short-sleeved polo shirt, a blue denim pullover shirt, white pants, house slippers and a distinctive gold nugget-patterned Seiko watch on his left wrist. He lived with Alzheimer’s disease, and tracking dogs followed his scent to a nearby mobile home park, which led investigators to publicly suggest someone may have given him a ride away from the area. His family, including a son who was an Army Major stationed in South Korea, came to Asheville to assist searches led by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office (case 2004-0108-62), but no conclusive answers were found.

Does anyone in the Candler or Pisgah Valley Market area remember seeing Mr. Chang that afternoon or seeing anyone help him into a vehicle?