Richmond Nixon, 68, disappeared from Hampstead, North Carolina after telling friends and neighbors on September 2, 1994 that he was going for a walk down Highway 17 and into the woods near his Woodside Drive home. He was last seen wearing a yellow raincoat, dark pants, a dark blue shirt, and black boots with yellow tips. At the time he was 5 feet 9 inches, about 160 pounds, with gray or partly gray hair, brown eyes, and a mole near his left eye.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office investigated but the case went cold. In 1997 a tip claimed he might have been killed and buried in a shallow grave, prompting searches of the woods near his home; those searches found no trace. The case remains classified as an endangered missing person.

If anyone knew Richmond, saw him on September 2, 1994, or has information about the woods near Woodside Drive, please share what can help the family and investigators.