Andrew Robert Bliss, 23, was last seen in the early morning of June 20, 2003, on Federal Forest Road 162 in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest near Draper, Wisconsin. A witness driving to work around 8:00 a.m. saw his silver 2001 Chevrolet Impala parked on the roadside and a person believed to be Andrew walking or hiking nearby. When the witness returned about 5:00 p.m., the car remained and law enforcement was notified.

Deputies found the vehicle out of gas with the keys in the ignition and the doors open. A missing person report had already been filed in New York; family reports said he had recently quit his job and was depressed after a breakup. Extensive searches by the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office, search-and-rescue teams with K-9s and the Civil Air Patrol covered the rugged terrain on foot and from the air, but no trace of Andrew was located.

At the time he disappeared he was 6 feet 3 inches, about 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, a pierced left ear and dark-colored wire-frame glasses. The case remains open; anyone who hunted or worked in that area and may have seen clothing, bones, or other unusual items is asked to come forward.