David Dean Meacham was 25 and working in Las Vegas when he told others he planned to drive to Salt Lake City on May 9, 1984. He never arrived and was not heard from again. Two weeks later, on May 23, 1984, his vehicle was found abandoned in a desert area near Littlefield, Arizona — not on a direct route to Salt Lake City.

Investigators reported personal items left in the car and the car keys found on the ground outside the vehicle. Those details prompted questions about whether he left voluntarily or under duress, but the scene produced no further clues and became the last known trace of Meacham. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has handled the investigation, which later went cold despite periodic media and online attention.

What can readers who knew David or who traveled that stretch of highway in May 1984 add that might clarify his route or explain why his car was left near Littlefield?