Danny Kay Gibson, 51, was last seen at his Roosevelt Street home in Henderson, Kentucky, on December 31, 1997. He was reported missing to the Henderson Police Department on January 5, 1998. At the time he vanished he was wearing blue jeans and a plaid flannel shirt; he is described as a white male with brown hair and hazel eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 130 pounds.

Initial reports offered little to explain his disappearance, but later investigation tied his vanishing to a murder-for-hire plot. His great-nephew, Billy Lyon, and Lyon’s father, Larry Lyon, were implicated; the scheme allegedly aimed to kill people and steal their identities and is said to have involved at least two other men, one killed in Alabama. Larry Lyon died by suicide as law enforcement moved to arrest him, and Billy Lyon was convicted and given life without parole. Gibson’s body has not been found.

Anyone who knew Danny, saw him in late 1997, or has information about his movements or the people involved is asked to come forward.