Christopher Harold Freeman, known as Chris, was 20 when he last contacted family by phone on May 8, 1977, calling from somewhere in Minnesota to say he could not make Mother’s Day plans. At the time his family did not have his address; he may have been living in Red Wing or Saint Paul. He is described as 6 feet 0 inches, about 170 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.

Christopher and a friend and former business partner, Geno Ranelli, closed a redwood goods shop in East St. Paul earlier in 1977. Christopher left belongings in a storage unit — including his car, a coin collection, and some shop items — and was not heard from again. Geno went missing a few weeks after Christopher was last heard from; Geno’s sister said the two left for Philadelphia on May 20, 1977, and might have planned to travel on to Miami.

The Hastings Police Department is the investigating agency. The disappearances of Freeman and Ranelli remain unsolved and the family has had no contact since those events. Did anyone in Minnesota or Pennsylvania remember seeing Christopher, Geno, or their car around May 1977?