Charles Martin Russell, 58, was last seen February 2, 2002, leaving Phoenix with his fiancée, 42-year-old Catherine E. Nelson, for a day trip reportedly to look at a 2002 Ducati in Tucson. The couple lived together in the 7000 block of North 28th Drive and left behind their dog, an unusual detail family members said suggested they did not plan a long absence. Russell is described as a white man, brown hair, blue eyes, about 5 feet 9 inches and 180 pounds, with a left-shoulder tattoo reading Born To Raise Hell.

Their red Ford SVT Lightning pickup was found abandoned in a Tucson church parking lot on February 7 with Russell’s checkbook inside, but neither person was ever located and no confirmed contact followed the trip. Investigators later focused on a Tucson resident, asserting the motorcycle ad may have been a lure; DNA linked to that man was reported from the recovered truck and prosecutors alleged use of burner phones and disposal of items in a landfill. Neither Russell nor Nelson has been found and many questions remain about what happened that day.

Did anyone in Phoenix or Tucson remember seeing Russell, Nelson, or their red pickup around February 2, 2002?