Gary Wayne Farmer, a 27-year-old truck driver from Tennessee, was found dead inside his own vehicle at the Pilot Truck Stop in Bloomsbury, New Jersey. His body was discovered on February 5, 1991; authorities determined he had been fatally shot four days earlier, on February 1.

Investigators tied the killing to long-haul trucker John Fautenberry, who said he encountered Farmer at the truck stop and, after an exchange Fautenberry described as involving money and food in return for sex, shot Farmer in the head with a .22 caliber handgun. Fautenberry took Farmer’s wallet, watch, and a small amount of cash and left the body in the truck’s sleeping compartment. Farmer’s watch and wallet were later recovered among Fautenberry’s belongings.

Fautenberry was arrested in Juneau, Alaska, on March 17, 1991, and confessed to six murders, including Farmer’s. He was charged in New Jersey on March 26, 1991, and after initially rejecting a plea deal and opting for trial, changed course during jury selection and pleaded guilty. He received life imprisonment for Gary Farmer’s murder.

Did anyone who knew Gary or saw him at the Pilot Truck Stop in late January or early February 1991 want to come forward with what they remember?