John Samuel Rice, 32, left his family home in Longmont, Colorado on November 14, 2018, telling relatives he had received a call from God and had to leave. He had a history of traveling around the United States and had previously returned on his own, but this time he did not. The last confirmed contact was with law enforcement in Pooler, Georgia, in September 2019. His sister reported him missing to the Weld County Sheriff’s Office on October 10, 2020, which opened an active investigation.

Authorities checked hospitals, police departments, and homeless shelters across Colorado and Georgia without locating him. In September 2022 John’s passport turned up inside a stolen vehicle recovered by the Denver Police Department, a perplexing lead that placed an item of his in the Denver area but did not explain how it got there or his whereabouts. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office asks anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in Colorado, Georgia, or along his travel routes see John after September 2019 or know how his passport could have ended up in that vehicle?