Christopher Lerch was 28 when he and his wife Peggy were last seen in Columbus, Ohio, on August 14, 1982. Both vanished after spending the evening at the apartment of a man they considered a friend, William Dean Wickline Jr. The night reportedly involved heavy drinking and cocaine use.

Testimony later given by Wickline’s girlfriend, Theresa Kemp, described an argument over a $6,000 drug debt that ended with Kemp saying Wickline slit Christopher’s throat and strangled Peggy while she slept. Kemp testified the bodies were dismembered and disposed of in trash bins around the city. Investigators reported finding blood in Wickline’s bathtub and human tissue on a folding saw he owned, evidence that supported her account.

Wickline was convicted in 1985 for the murders of Christopher and Peggy, but their bodies have never been recovered. Does anyone have memories or information about Christopher’s life in Columbus in 1982 that could shed light on where remains might have been taken?