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Karl Terry Karbowski, a 63-year-old business owner, was last seen at his office in the Reeveston area of Houston, Texas, on August 3, 2002. Employees reported him missing on August 5 when he failed to show up for work at the fence company he owned. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches, about 145–150 pounds, with graying brown hair, blue eyes and a balding pattern. He was last seen wearing a burgundy shirt, blue jeans and dark-colored canvas slip-on shoes.

On August 12, his Ford F-250 was found abandoned at the corner of Wayside and Interstate 10 in Houston; investigators reported signs consistent with a struggle at that scene but no sign of Karbowski. Foul play is suspected. On November 18, 2002, his estranged wife, Mariela Quinonez Karbowski, was charged after a confession alleging she beat him to death with a two-slice toaster and disposed of his body, the toaster and a gun in the Trinity River. Authorities later dropped the murder charges for lack of evidence despite unspecified DNA reported to support the confession. Karbowski remains classified as an endangered missing person.

Did anyone who knew Karl or saw a Ford F-250 near Wayside and Interstate 10 in early August 2002 come forward with information?