Anthony Tony Dale Kennedy was 22 when he disappeared from his Hillsboro, Oregon home. He was last seen on July 2, 1999, and had told a friend he planned to go target shooting in the Pumpkin Ridge area that day. Friends and family reported him missing after he failed to show up for events and did not answer calls.

Tony’s vehicle was later found abandoned at an apartment complex within a mile of his home. Items left behind in the shared residence included his pager and jeans, and friends reported his marijuana plants were dead. Tony’s distinctive galvanized toolbox turned up inside roommate Kenneth Todd Gipson’s van, and Gipson’s truck was reportedly altered. Prosecutors later alleged Gipson knew Tony expected a large sum of money related to marijuana sales the day he vanished.

The case went cold for years, was briefly reopened in 2004, and reinvestigated in 2018. Forensic testing later linked Gipson’s blood to a paper towel preserved from Tony’s truck; Gipson was indicted in 2021, tried in early 2025, and the trial ended in a hung jury. Charges were later dropped. Tony’s body has never been found and many questions remain.

Did anyone in the Hillsboro area know Tony’s routines, friends, or where he might have gone on July 2, 1999?