Antolin Martinez Sanchez, 42, was last confirmed in Sparta, North Carolina, on September 16, 2022, the same day he paid his cell phone bill at Carolina West and worked his last shift. He had been a daily presence in town, known for stopping for coffee before work, so his absence for several days prompted a convenience store employee to notify law enforcement on November 5, 2022.

Investigators spoke with Sanchez’s supervisor and his roommate, who both recalled that he had talked about having a girlfriend from Tennessee and a child. That possible new family connection is one of the threads detectives have tried to follow. Beyond the September 16 sighting and those conversations, there has been no communication or confirmed activity to explain where he went or why.

Does anyone in Sparta or Tennessee have information about Sanchez’s movements after September 16, 2022, or know the identity of the girlfriend mentioned?