Robert Dillon White, 37, disappeared after a trip through the Gulf South in early 1984. At the end of January he flew from Knoxville to Memphis for a construction job, then drove a motor home to New Orleans to pursue another opportunity. The last confirmed contact was a Friday-night call to his brother in which he said he planned to drive back to Memphis to let a superintendent go home. The superintendent reportedly saw him in New Orleans between February 3 and 4, 1984, and Robert never reached Memphis.

Family members later found the motor home near the Hammonds/Manchac area partially submerged with the front in the water and the rear bumper caught on a retaining wall. Inside were several of Robert’s personal effects: his work boots (one cut on the side to relieve pain from an old foot injury), his briefcase containing contracts and money, and his firearms. A stick was found wedged between the front seat and the accelerator, and family noted Robert often drove without boots because of the injury. The circumstances remain unexplained.

If anyone saw Robert, the motor home, or remembers the Hammonds/Manchac area in early February 1984, please share what you know.