Nicholas Kyle Downey, 37, was last seen February 26, 2023, in Bristol, Florida, while driving a rented Tesla from Tampa toward Mississippi. He had been visiting his wife Holly at a rehabilitation center and was due back at work February 27 but never returned. Surveillance shows the Tesla stopped behind a McDonald’s in Marianna to charge, then left the lot and drove south on State Road 71 instead of rejoining Interstate 10. The car’s owner sent a message to the vehicle’s dashboard; no response came.

The Tesla was later found abandoned in a remote hunting-lease area of Liberty County between Turkey Creek Road and Prison Road with minimal battery charge but still operable. The windshield had damage consistent with driving under a cable, and white paint matching the cable was found about a mile and a half from the vehicle. Inside were two cell phones (Downey’s and his wife’s), a change of clothes and a work drone. Searches with K9 teams and aerial units turned up no sign of Downey, and investigators noted an absence of footprints around the car. He is described as a white male with brown hair, green/hazel eyes, an anatomical heart tattoo with the name Holly on his chest and an all-seeing eye on the back of his neck.

Does anyone who was in that area on or after February 26, 2023, remember seeing the Tesla or anything unusual along State Road 71?