Jerry Wayne Moore was 42 when he vanished from a rest area on Interstate 40 at mile marker 96 in Henderson County on October 5, 1996. He and his wife were traveling to Arizona; his wife says she drove off believing he would follow and when she turned around at the next exit he was gone. That account is the only public description of his last known moments.

Moore was described as 5 feet 5 inches, about 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing an orange ball cap, a jersey-style shirt and blue jeans, and had a rose tattoo on his left forearm. He reportedly had a seizure disorder and diminished mental and physical capacity at the time, making his disappearance particularly worrying.

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigated but the case grew cold with no significant leads, witnesses or physical evidence reported. Does anyone remember seeing Jerry that day or have information about his movements after the rest area stop?