Samuel Thomas Waters, 21, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, disappeared on the night of January 4, 2015. He was last seen leaving home with an acquaintance, Jeffry Emerson Moulder, reportedly heading to a nearby convenience store to buy beer; Moulder later said Waters asked to be let out of the car near a Walmart on Hurricane Shoals Road and was not seen again. Samuel’s cell phone went straight to voicemail and his family said he was eagerly awaiting the birth of his child and had a job interview scheduled the next day.

The investigation uncovered a strained history between Waters and Moulder: both men had fathered children with the same woman, which had led to prior arguments. The missing-person probe evolved into a homicide investigation, and Moulder became the prime suspect. Authorities developed leads including witness statements about alleged confessions and cadaver-dog alerts in locations Moulder mentioned. Samuel’s remains have not been recovered.

Does anyone in the Lawrenceville area remember Samuel the night he vanished or have information about where he might have been taken?