Charles Howard Bolter, a 69-year-old retired cattle rancher from Waterford, California, went missing on December 23, 1972. Nine days earlier he had been robbed of $30,000 by three men who forced him to drive to several banks so he would withdraw and hand over the cash. After the robbery he reportedly became despondent, and his family and investigators have considered suicide as a possibility.

On the day he disappeared, Bolter’s pickup was found abandoned on Highway 132 with the keys still in the ignition. His body has never been found and the case remains unsolved despite extensive searches and ongoing investigations. It is not known what happened to him after the truck was discovered.

Did anyone living in or near Waterford in 1972 remember Charles Bolter, his truck, or seeing anything unusual along Highway 132 that December?