Allen Richard Starnes, known as Ricky, was 49 when he went missing from Stockbridge, Georgia, on the morning of December 7, 2009. He had driven his grandmother to a doctor’s appointment off Highway 138, dropped her at about 8:45 a.m., and crossed the street to a Sunoco gas station to buy cigarettes. He was expected to return to pick her up but never arrived and has not been seen or heard from since.

At the time he disappeared Starnes was described as a white male with brown hair, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 160 pounds, wearing a green knit sweater, blue jeans and white sneakers. Family members said he was a heavy drinker but that it was out of character for him to cut off contact, and they believe he may have been murdered. His grandmother, who raised him, died in August 2010 without learning what happened.

The Henry County Police Department lists the case as unsolved. Does anyone who lived or worked near Highway 138 or the Sunoco station in December 2009 remember seeing Ricky that morning or have any information that could help?