Sean Ty Ferel, 65, of Palm Springs, California, was last seen May 7, 2016, after reportedly going on vacation with a man named Justin Todd Rey. Ferel was never heard from again; his family received text messages from his number they did not believe were written by him.

In August 2016, about three months after Ferel’s disappearance, Rey was involved in a car crash near Los Angeles while driving Ferel’s vehicle. Investigators found Ferel’s blood in the trunk and recovered his driver’s license, credit cards, and phone in the car. More of Ferel’s belongings were later found in a Kingman, Arizona, storage unit rented to Rey. An acquaintance told investigators Rey had bragged about stealing from old dead men and using their cards.

In November 2017 Rey, then 35, was charged with Ferel’s murder; at that time Ferel’s body had not been located. Rey was already incarcerated in Kansas on child endangerment charges, and authorities said the Kansas case would need resolution before bringing him to California. Did anyone in Palm Springs or the areas visited know Ferel or see him with Rey in May 2016?