Thomas Clyde Pittman, 55, was last seen the evening of May 18, 2017, while staying with friends on a property in the 900 block of Lloyd Walker Road in Huntington, Texas. He told friends he was walking back to the camp house where he lived; that was the last confirmed sighting. When family later checked the camp, Pittman’s truck was parked outside with the driver’s side door ajar and his keys, cellphone, and a pack of cigarettes inside — items the family says he would not have left behind.

Pittman had been planning to move into his ailing mother’s home to help his twin brother; his regular contact with family makes the disappearance out of character. The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office opened the case and organized searches, including a July 2017 ground search led by Texas EquuSearch. Family members have raised the possibility Pittman was targeted because he was gay, and investigators regard foul play as a strong possibility. The case remains an active missing person investigation.

If anyone has information about Thomas Pittman’s movements on or after May 18, 2017, please come forward.