Roy Frank Laney, known as Carolina, disappeared from Buford, Georgia in the summer of 1980 after a violent assault. On July 11 he returned from work with severe injuries; witnesses said he had been in a fight and was struck in the head with a bat. After that altercation he was seen walking away from his residence and was never seen again.

Laney was about five feet seven to five feet nine inches tall, 130 to 140 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Identifying features included an amputated left index finger at the first joint, a crooked nose from a prior break, a limp, a scar from chest to abdomen, a one-inch forehead scar, and no teeth. Gwinnett County Police have kept the case open and his disappearance has been compared over the years with unidentified remains in the region, but the fight’s circumstances and who else was involved remain unclear.

Did anyone in the Buford area around July 11, 1980 have information about who fought with Roy or saw him after he walked away?