James Daniels, 42, known as Mojo and JD, vanished in August 2021 while helping a friend move from Nevada to Mississippi. The two were driving separate vehicles when the trailer being towed went flat on Highway 93 between Kingman and Wickenburg. Daniels stayed with the disabled white box truck marked Liberty Distribution and his small dog Penny while the friend went for a tire repair. That friend last saw him there.

Sometime after the friend left, Daniels and Penny moved from the initial breakdown at mile marker 158. Later that night callers reported a man and a dog in the roadway near mile marker 164; witnesses described Daniels as disoriented and agitated and repeating I don’t believe it. An Arizona State Trooper found the box truck in the early morning hours but Daniels was gone; Penny ran into the desert before she could be secured. The official search did not begin for some time and the case was transferred from the Teton County Sheriff’s Office in Wyoming to Arizona authorities.

The highway is known locally as Bloody Alley because of frequent accidents and long emergency response times. Daniels, described by friends as a loving companion who often wore kilts, has no significant leads reported and his disappearance remains unexplained. If anyone was traveling Highway 93 that night or saw a man and a small dog near mile markers 158–164, can you share what you remember?