Cambria County, PA – Pennsylvania State Police are renewing their search for Robert Kenneth Woods, a Cambria County man who vanished more than four decades ago, offering a $5,000 reward for information that helps solve the case.
According to Pennsylvania State Police Troop A – Ebensburg, Woods was last seen on December 9, 1976, between 6:30 and 7 p.m., while shopping with his brother-in-law at the Gee Gee Food Store in Richland Township, near Johnstown. After the trip, Woods reportedly dropped his relative off at home and was never seen again.
Police say Woods was last heard from when he called off work at Bethlehem Steel Corporation on December 13, 1976. He was 29 years old at the time of his disappearance.
Investigators believe Woods was driving a 1970 maroon Chevrolet four-door sedan bearing Pennsylvania registration 57X763. The vehicle was last observed earlier that day around 12 p.m., when Woods left his residence. His last confirmed sighting occurred later that evening.
At the time he went missing, Woods was described as 6 feet tall, weighing approximately 160 pounds, with blond hair, hazel eyes, and a medium-length haircut with balding on top. He was reportedly wearing a light gray jacket. No photographs of Woods at the age he disappeared are currently available.
State police note that all tips are confidential, and the reward is funded through asset forfeiture funds, not taxpayers. Anyone with information is urged to contact PSP Ebensburg at 814-472-1653 or submit tips anonymously through PSP Tips at 1-800-472-8477 or online.
Officials say even small details could help bring long-awaited answers to Woods’ family.
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