Carl Steven Sanders, 48, disappeared in the Big Smoky Valley in Nevada after becoming stranded with his wife, Debra, on July 7, 2002. Their vehicle ran out of gas on a remote Forest Service road east of State Highway 376, and the couple set out on foot toward the main road with no water or provisions. Temperatures on the blackened ground reached about 125 degrees.

After walking for an unknown distance, the pair became separated. Two days later a passing motorist found Debra delirious from severe dehydration and sunburn; she was airlifted to Reno. She told authorities she and Carl had been lost, walking back and forth for several miles, and that she watched him pray as he grew ill from the heat. Carl was not with her when she was rescued and has not been seen or heard from since. Search teams found some of his belongings in the desert, including a shirt, cutoff shorts and one sandal, and reported he was believed to still have been wearing a gold wedding band. The official search was eventually called off.

Does anyone have information about Carl’s route that day or recall sightings in the Big Smoky Valley around July 7, 2002?