George Wolfgang Dudding, a 45-year-old sculptor from New York, vanished on August 8, 1999, while visiting a friend in Ormond Beach, Florida. Shortly before midnight he went for a walk on the beach and never returned. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and gray jogging shorts; his keys, wallet, identification and car were left behind at the friend’s home.

Investigators found few clues. Authorities have considered that he may have left voluntarily, while his wife of ten years, Emily Listfield, who said he’d been depressed, believes he drowned after swimming out into the ocean. His body was never recovered. Listfield later published a novel inspired by his disappearance and had him legally declared dead in 2007.

The Ormond Beach Police Department still holds the case file. If anyone knew George, his movements that night, or saw him on the beach that evening, please share what you remember.