John Lewis Maples, known as Johnny, was 46 and living in Mobile, Alabama, when he disappeared in the autumn of 1988. He ran a hauling company, was married, and had a young daughter. The last confirmed sighting reported him getting into a truck with an unknown person; he never contacted his family again.

His personal truck was later found at his business with his keys and firearm still inside — items he reportedly never went without. Hours after he was last seen, the uninsured, debt-ridden company burned down; investigators were unable to determine the cause of the fire. Records showed the business carried nearly half a million dollars in debt, and his wife later filed for divorce and lost the company to creditors.

Law enforcement, including an FBI profiling effort, developed no solid leads and no verified sightings of Maples followed. A later family obituary for his father listed John Lewis Maples as having preceded him in death, but the circumstances of John Maples’s disappearance remain unresolved.

If anyone knew John, saw him in the autumn of 1988, or has information about the truck or the business fire, please come forward.