Daren Newell Dixon, a 20-year-old Taylor University student, was last seen on July 4, 1993, in or near Yellowstone National Park, Montana. He had been working that summer as a busboy at the Roosevelt Lodge and had abruptly quit his job on July 2 without giving a reason. His off-season home was in Selma, Indiana; he was born in Raymond, Nebraska and graduated from Burris High School in Muncie in 1991.

After the last sighting, friends reportedly saw him in Cooke City, Montana. Dixon’s vehicle was later found parked at a pullout for the Lamar River Canyon with his wallet and some personal items inside, but his fishing gear was missing. Because he loved fishing, authorities considered accidental drowning in the Lamar River a possibility. An extensive search continued through the summer with no trace found, and his family published an obituary in September 1993. A scholarship was later created in his memory.

Does anyone who knew Daren or spent time in the Lamar River area that summer have information that might help clarify what happened?