Donald Lee Izzett Jr. was 19 and a Frostburg State University freshman when he left school in May 1995 and began traveling. The family’s last direct contact was a distressing phone call he made from Santa Monica on May 14, 1995, in which he cried, said he wanted to come home, and asked for money to be wired; the call ended suddenly. After that he led a transient lifestyle through Maryland, California, Florida, and Mississippi and was last reported seen in San Francisco in July 1995, reportedly living with an elderly man.

Friends said Izzett spent time with a friend named Shane Guenther and that the relationship was tumultuous and abusive. A former college roommate, Kyle Barnes, later told investigators he had seen Izzett’s body and claimed Guenther had shot him three times and burned the body on a property in McComb, Mississippi; police searched that property multiple times in the 1990s and again in 2016–2018. In 2019 investigators found remains that appeared human, but positive identification has not been confirmed. No criminal charges have been filed; Izzett’s estate filed a wrongful death suit against Guenther that was settled out of court in April 2020. His Social Security number and bank accounts show no activity since his disappearance, and the case remains active and unresolved.

Does anyone have information about Izzett’s travels in 1995 or about his time in San Francisco that could help fill the gaps in this timeline?