Richard Henry Jones, known as Ricky, was 18 when he vanished from his family home on Clench Avenue in Brantford, Ontario, in the autumn of 1975. A Sheridan College graphic design student, he stopped attending classes in early 1976 and was never seen again. Some family members thought he may have left voluntarily; his mother fell gravely ill around the time he disappeared and died in February 1976 without seeing him again.

No missing person report was filed at the time, and investigators later found no records for Richard in police databases, Service Ontario, or the Canada Revenue Agency. In 2016 the Brantford Police Service opened a formal investigation after his sister Diane Jones Sanderson contacted a newspaper. Police contacted former classmates and considered whether he had died, adopted a new identity, or moved abroad, but found no leads.

Very little is known about Ricky’s movements after he left Brantford. Does anyone who knew Richard or his circle in 1975–76 have information that could help explain what happened to him?