Albert Vernon Kling, a 56-year-old World War II veteran, was last seen on July 3, 1979, in LaVista, Nebraska. He was described as 6 feet 5 inches and about 170 pounds, with graying hair and hazel eyes. When his family last saw him he was upset and wearing a white shirt, green uniform pants, a tie and brown shoes.

Kling reportedly had a Timex watch with an expansion bracelet, brown plastic-framed glasses, a small pocket knife, a set of keys on a ring with two single keys, and a black billfold. Accounts from the time say he may have been hitchhiking from his daughter’s home in Fort Calhoun to Omaha to buy alcohol and visit an ex-girlfriend. Investigators suspected foul play early in the inquiry. The original file was archived and not digitized; Kling was legally declared dead in 1986. The Nebraska State Patrol is listed as the investigating agency.

Did anyone in the area know Albert, see a tall man matching his description in July 1979, or have information about his movements between Fort Calhoun and Omaha?