Where is he? It’s been about two weeks since any of his relatives have heard from Johnny Hacker of Clay County. His family says it’s unusual for him not to call or answer his cell phone. He was reported missing yesterday, and now the Clay County Sheriff’s Department is working with Indiana authorities trying to find him.

“For him not to answer his phone for us or his mother, it’s just out of place,” explains Robert Curry, Johnny Hacker’s brother-in-law.

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Johnny’s family is worried sick. The 50-year-old long-haul truck driver who has been collecting disability recently always answers his phone. But after visiting his mom a couple weeks ago, the last anyone has heard from him was April 19th. Johnny called his girlfriend and told her he was at a “Pick-A-Parts” truck parts store in Arlington, Indiana. It’s a town east of Indianapolis.

“He said he was in Indiana looking for truck parts for his truck, and I know he was working on his truck,” says Robert.

They’ve heard nothing since. Johnny was driving a ’99 red Chevy Silverado pickup truck with an extended cab and a missing grill. Robert says with the high price of gas, it’s out of the ordinary for his brother to drive all the way to Indiana, 260 miles away, for truck parts.

“We’ve texted him, and let him know our concerns. Just let us know he’s all right, especially for his mother. His mother’s just worried to death,” says Robert.

The Clay County Chief Deputy says the cell phone is off and calls are going straight to voicemail. The phone is not pinging anywhere. Deputies have contacted Indiana authorities and haven’t found the truck yet. Johnny’s family just wants him home safely.

“If you’re out there Johnny, just let us know you’re all right,” says Robert.

If you have any information about Johnny Hacker’s whereabouts, contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Department at 606-598-3471.

Salina, Kan. woman Kristin Tyler vanished over the weekend after running an errand, but as of May 1, 2013 there is a disturbing update in her case. Officials reportedly located her car last night — but she remains missing. The car has been towed so it can be examined for evidence, but what about the missing woman? Her loved ones have stressed several times over the past couple of days that she would not vanish like this and leave her children behind.

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The 27-year-old woman is the mother of four children and even though she likes to go out and party, her mother claims she always calls to tell her children goodnight. She doesn’t have her own cellphone, but has one in her possession that belongs to a friend. She has not answered it since she went missing. All of these details so far add up to be negative elements in this disappearance. When a person’s disappearance is out of their ordinary behavior, it’s immediately suspicious. When a missing person’s car is located without the missing person in it, the suspicion rises higher. There are even cases in recent reports of missing people’s bodies going unnoticed in the trunks of their towed vehicles. Certainly officials are going over that car with the proverbial fine toothed comb.

Kristen Tyler could be anywhere, and there are plenty of rumors circulating online that indicate she could be with a boyfriend or male acquaintance. Hopefully something positive comes to media reports soon regarding this case and it doesn’t turn out being another tragic story of foul play.

A central Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has surfaced in Florida, telling police she traveled there on a whim with homeless hitchhikers, slept under bridges and survived by scavenging food and panhandling, authorities said Wednesday.

Brenda Heist, 53, had been declared legally dead, Lititz Borough Police Det. John Schofield said. The detective said he met with her in Florida on Monday and she expressed shame and apologized for what she did to her family.

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Heist was going through an amicable divorce in 2002 when she was turned down for housing assistance, which led her to despair. She was crying in a park when two women and a man befriended her, then invited her to join them as they began a monthlong hitchhiking journey to south Florida, Schofield said.

Her ex-husband Lee Heist, who got the courts to declare her legally dead two years ago and has remarried, said at a news conference Wednesday that he was angry because of the effect her disappearance had on their son and daughter. Lee Heist was looked at as a suspect, but cooperated with investigators, took a polygraph and was eventually cleared.

He was able to maintain a bond with the children.

“They knew that I was there, and I loved them and would take care of them,” he said.

He said his ex-wife and their children have expressed a desire to speak with each other, but for now they are taking things slowly.

Schofield said Brenda Heist was expected to be released from police custody in Florida and was likely to spend some time with a brother in that state before moving in with her mother in Texas.

“She has a birth certificate and a death certificate so she’s got a long ways to make this right again,” Schofield said. “She’s got to take it slow with her family, I’m sure, and it’s going to be a long process.”

Inside her Lititz home the day she disappeared, dinner was defrosting and the laundry was half done. Police located her car in a neighboring county but none of her personal belongings were taken.

When Schofield called recently to meet with her ex-husband and their daughter, they assumed he would be notifying them that her remains were found, the detective said.

Lee Heist said he struggled financially after his wife disappeared, quitting his job and losing his home. She had been a bookkeeper at a car dealership.

“There were people in the neighborhood who would not allow their children to play with my children” because he had been a suspect, he said.

Brenda Heist turned herself in to Monroe County sheriff’s deputies in Key Largo, Fla., on Friday, regarding some outstanding warrants, and then informed them she was a missing person. She had apparently been using a different name and had been homeless for the past two years, most recently living in a tent community run by a social service agency.

“She said she was at the end of her rope, she was tired of running,” Schofield said.

For about seven years she lived with a man in a camper in Key West and worked odd jobs. Schofield said she never had access to a computer and never checked to see if she was being sought, although she assumed she was.

The Heists’ daughter is now a 19-year-old West Chester University sophomore, and their son, 23, recently graduated from the same college and is pursuing a law-enforcement career. The school is about 30 miles west of Philadelphia.

Schofield said police in Florida were trying to sort out the warrants before releasing Brenda Heist.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Heist was in “protective custody,” although not with the office. The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request by The Associated Press for a way to contact her.

Police in Lititz said the investigation eventually involved dozens of detectives, and although the trail had grown cold the case had never been forgotten, with Heist’s picture tacked to a wall at police headquarters.

Lee Heist said he and the children also remembered, and observed anniversaries. Her valuables were returned to her mother years ago, he said.

The East Ridge Police Department is asking for help finding a 65-year-old East Ridge man.
Jerry Lee Matthews lives at 5306 Weaver St. in East Ridge.
He was last seen by neighbors around 8:00 pm Saturday night.
When family members came to check on him Sunday morning, Matthews was nowhere to be found.

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Matthews is described as 6-feet tall, 150 lbs, green eyes, brown hair, and graying beard and mustache.
Family members are concerned, and say Matthews has health issues.
Anyone with any information regarding the whereabouts and well being of Jerry Matthews is urged to contact the East Ridge Police Department at 423-622-1725.