Six-year-old Deklon Ford and his mother, Brittany, have been missing since mid-April to early May 2015 after a cross-country trip that ended when their white 2007 Nissan Versa was found abandoned on May 17 on the highway between Billings, Montana, and Sheridan, Wyoming. The pair were last known to be in the Hardin, Montana, area and had been traveling from Ohio in the Georgia-plated vehicle, license BUG 16859.

Their disappearance followed a troubling series of events: Brittany left Georgia after alleging abuse, then went to her mother’s home in Ohio where family members reported behavior consistent with a mental health crisis. She was hospitalized for three days and released on April 19, went to live with her brother, and vanished a few days later after saying she was going out for food. In the weeks after, a police officer helped Brittany with a flat tire in Indiana on May 14, she phoned her brother from Iowa on May 16 asking for $10,000, and the car was recovered intact with personal items, medication, and Deklon’s car seat inside.

No confirmed sightings or contact have been reported since the vehicle was found. Does anyone who lived along their route or remembers seeing the Nissan in mid-May 2015 have information that could help locate Deklon and Brittany?