Edward Hilliard, also spelled Hillard in some reports, was a 23-year-old who disappeared near Macon, Georgia, after traveling with Debbie Griffin and entering the company of Paul John Knowles on or around November 2, 1974.

Investigators came to suspect Knowles in the deaths of Hilliard and Griffin, fitting the pattern of his 1974 spree of roadside encounters, vehicle thefts and killings. Knowles was captured on November 17 and was killed by an agent on December 18 while being transported, so Hilliard’s killing was never tested at trial and there was no conviction.

Did anyone in the Macon or Milledgeville area at the time recall seeing Hilliard, Griffin, or a suspect vehicle along the roadside in early November 1974?