Dakota McKinney, 24, was last seen on March 29, 2023, after visiting his mother at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio, where she was having heart surgery. He left the hospital and did not return; his phone, wallet and credit cards were not in his 2001 Toyota Camry when the car was found abandoned on April 2, 2023, in a Pilot gas station parking lot in Franklin, Ohio, about five miles from his home. His phone was turned off and there was no activity on his financial accounts after he disappeared.

Family described Dakota as a straight-laced nerd who generally avoided parties and bars. His mother said he had earlier experienced some work issues as a machinist that she believed had been resolved, and that he had been briefly missing in February but was quickly found then. Law enforcement and volunteer groups, including Ohio LandSAR, conducted searches and the Middletown Division of Police has an open investigation.

Who in the area around Middletown or Franklin saw Dakota on or after March 29, 2023, or noticed anything unusual near the Pilot on April 2?