Geoffrey Apke was 24 when he disappeared after a late-night outing in Covington, Kentucky. On April 9, 2000 he was at the Strasse Haus on Main Street celebrating recent life changes; friends say he drank heavily and some thought he was unfit to drive the 1974 Chrysler Newport he had borrowed from his grandmother. He was last seen about 2:30 a.m. When the bar closed around 3:20 a.m., the Chrysler was found crashed on the westbound I-275 bridge to Indiana with two blown tires and the keys in the ignition, but Geoffrey was not in or near the vehicle.

A witness reported seeing the driver get into a black Jeep Cherokee that stopped after the crash, but it was never confirmed whether that driver was Geoffrey. The crash site was miles from his home in Florence, Kentucky, and a formal missing person report was not filed with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department until January 2001. A private investigator later followed unconfirmed sighting leads, including reports in Florence and as far away as Hana, Hawaii, without resolution. Investigators now regard voluntary disappearance as less likely, and the identity of the person who left the crash scene — and what happened next — remains unknown.

If anyone knew Geoffrey, saw the Chrysler on I-275 that night, or has information about the reported Jeep Cherokee, please come forward.