Richard James Kirk was 60 when he was last seen in the Olney Springs area of Crowley County, Colorado, on January 24, 2010. He’s described as a white male with graying brown hair, brown eyes, about 5 feet 9 inches and roughly 230 pounds, with a gray beard and mustache; he may have worn reading glasses and had a speech impediment that could make him hard to understand.

Richard’s vehicle was found two days later parked at a fast-food business north of Fountain on Colorado 285, reportedly parked crookedly across spaces with the keys inside. A clerk later recalled seeing him buy and eat a midday meal in Fountain on January 26, but Richard himself was not located. Family members stressed they were very concerned; investigators said they were looking into multiple possibilities and working with Fountain police, but had not yet settled on an explanation.

Weeks became months with no public resolution, and by April 2011 he remained listed as missing in CCIC/NCIC. Did anyone in the Olney Springs or Fountain area see Richard or his vehicle around January 24–26, 2010?