Thomas Robert Dixon, 41, was last seen October 15, 1974, in Johnson County, Kansas. He did not make a scheduled morning meeting at a salvage yard in Independence, Missouri. Instead he went to the Overland Park office of businessman Gary Simmons, who authorized a $30,000 check to Dixon that day; Dixon cashed the check and neither man was seen alive afterward.

On October 16 Dixon contacted a friend at a truck stop, reported vehicle trouble and borrowed the friend’s truck. He returned that truck later and was dropped at another truck stop, saying he had a new job as a cross-country driver. He called his wife that afternoon saying he was heading to Arkansas, but he never returned home. Dixon’s own truck was later found abandoned at a truck stop with the keys inside.

Simmons’ car was recovered submerged in the Missouri River in April 1975, and Simmons’ remains were found in a Missouri cave in 1991; he had been shot in the head. Dixon was never located and foul play is suspected in his disappearance. Did anyone know Dixon’s movements in mid‑October 1974 or recall seeing his truck at the time?