George Raymond Pruett was 43 and transient in the autumn of 1983 when he made his last confirmed contact with family. On Thanksgiving he called relatives in Iowa from a Greyhound bus station in Tucson and said he was about to travel to California, promising to call again on arrival. That follow-up call never came, and his wife later reported him missing to police.

Pruett traveled frequently by train between Arizona and El Paso, worked in residential roofing, and reportedly carried no identification. He was 6 feet 3 inches, about 160 pounds, with dark brown hair, brown eyes, tattoos on his upper arms (a knife and his initials) and several scars. He was also struggling with alcoholism at the time.

The Tucson Police Department investigated but there has been no contact from George since that Thanksgiving call and his whereabouts remain unknown. If anyone knew George’s travel routes, work locations, or saw him after Thanksgiving 1983, please share what you remember.