Jeffrey Lynn Combs, 41, disappeared from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, on October 23, 2008. His mother returned home from work to find pork chops cooking on the stove and a set of his wet, tattered clothes on the floor. A note from Jeffrey said his scooter, two helmets, and cell phone had been stolen and that he was going to find the person responsible; he asked his mother to come look for him if he didn’t return by dark.

After searching through the next day and night, the mother returned to find he had apparently come back to change clothes and taken a camouflage-print jacket before leaving again. A few days earlier Jeffrey had invited a homeless man and woman to the house; they camped near the Reddies River and later told the mother they saw him get into a car with two women. Investigators later recovered his scooter, one helmet, and the jacket near the Reddies River by Suncrest Orchard Road; the scooter was missing parts. No suspects have been named.

Jeffrey, also known as Jeff, had recently been released from a ten-year sentence in February 2008 and was living with his mother while keeping parole appointments.

Does anyone who lived near the Reddies River or remembers activity around Suncrest Orchard Road in October 2008 have information that could help explain what happened to Jeffrey?