Timothy Joseph Lynch, 44, of Newburgh, Indiana, vanished while hiking in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on June 6, 2003. He had been on vacation and was last seen at the end of Chain of Craters Road. Lynch, who went by Tim or T.J., was described as muscular with brown thinning hair, brown eyes, possibly a goatee, a surgical scar on his lower abdomen and an abrasion scar on his lower back. He was wearing gray and silver cross-trainer athletic shoes and carrying a black shoulder bag with a water bottle.

His rental car was found abandoned at the park entrance near active lava flows on June 13, 2003, prompting an extensive ranger search that turned up no sign of him. His return flight was unused, his personal car was parked at the Evansville airport, and most belongings remained in his Royal Kona Resort hotel room. The case is classified lost/injured missing. His estranged wife filed the missing person report; his father has said Timothy might have left intentionally or been the victim of foul play. Both Hawaii County Police and the Warrick County Sheriff’s Department have investigated but no definitive answers have been reached.

Did anyone in the area around Chain of Craters Road on June 6, 2003, see Timothy or notice anything unusual that day?