Jacob Wenzel, 21, disappeared from Oconto, Wisconsin, on Halloween night 2022 after going outside from his cousin’s house around 9:00 p.m. to meet someone and never returning. That afternoon he had called his mother to say he was with his girlfriend and cousin. He was last seen wearing a white sweatshirt with multi-colored patterns, khaki jogging pants, red and black Jordan shoes, and a gray hat with a black logo.

Police tracked Jacob’s cell phone to an area near a Shell gas station and Brookside Cemetery in Abrams, about ten miles south of Oconto. Jacob’s brother drove to the phone’s last ping and reported seeing a vehicle with a man and a woman inside; the vehicle left before he could approach. Jacob’s mother says a gas station employee told her surveillance footage showed an altercation ending with a man being forced into a trunk, a claim she says police later denied. The family has organized searches, publicly expressed concerns about foul play, and suggested a man holding a grudge and a possible connection to Adams County.

The Oconto Police Department and other agencies continue to investigate, but few details have been released. If anyone in Oconto or Abrams that night saw Jacob or the vehicle his family described, please come forward with information.