Ken Casey Lee, 38, disappeared from Seabeck, Washington, in the fall of 2002 after reportedly meeting with associates on October 24. His car turned up abandoned in a Safeway parking lot in nearby Silverdale with no clues to his whereabouts. Lee worked as a self-employed septic drain field builder and was described as an outdoor enthusiast.

Investigators learned Lee had ties to the local drug trade; in 2001 he was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine after police found a large quantity of meth, drug-making equipment, and thousands of dollars in cash. Authorities came to suspect his disappearance was linked to those narcotics connections. His body was never found, but the case was officially classified as a homicide and a death certificate was issued.

About a month after Lee vanished, a local man reported a violent assault with a bat and a chainsaw chain, saying the attacker accused him of talking to police about Lee. The investigation went cold and no charges have been filed. If anyone knew Ken’s whereabouts, associates he met that day, or has information about the assault, please come forward.