John Wagner Jr., 26, of Vallejo, California, has been missing since November 2, 1994. He was last heard from during a phone call with his mother that day; family members say he sounded distraught and frightened and told her he was a mess and scared to death after witnessing the killing of 24-year-old Michael Agustin earlier that year. Wagner’s disappearance is classified as endangered and has been described as suspicious and unresolved.

He is described as a white male with brown hair; height and weight were not published. Wagner gave a recorded statement to investigators about Agustin’s killing that was not used at the later trial of Bradley Hoover, who was eventually convicted of Agustin’s murder in 2011. Court filings in that case say Wagner’s absence impeded defense efforts and allege a cousin, Sam Kissell, threatened to kill Wagner over a drug debt around the time he vanished.

The Vallejo Police Department is the investigating agency and Wagner has not been located. If anyone had contact with him in late 1994 or remembers seeing him or has information about threats against him, please come forward.