Robert C. Putman was 78 and living near Neosho, Missouri, when he disappeared on August 3, 2000. He was last seen walking less than half a mile east of his family’s farm on Tower Road, wearing gray coveralls and a blue and white baseball cap. Walking that route was part of his routine.

Putman was living with dementia and had a serious heart condition that reduced his heart’s function to forty percent; he required medication. An extensive search of the fields and woods around the farm by law enforcement and volunteers turned up no trace. There have been no significant developments since he was last seen and he has never been heard from again.

If anyone knew Robert’s habits, where he walked that day, or saw him after August 3, 2000, please come forward with information.