Delia D'Ambra

I mean, a lot of folks had probably walked through there, including the hikers who discovered the victim.

It's hard to tell from the source material when or how authorities identified the man from the park, but at some point they determined he was 59-year-old Dwayne Hollenbeck, who was from Dryden, New York.

Turns out, someone who lived next to Duane had been worrying about him for quite some time.

You see, two days earlier, on December 10th, his next door neighbor in Dryden had noticed things at his place had been really quiet for about five days or so.

Ever since December 5th, she'd showed up at his place expecting to see him, but he wasn't there, which wasn't normal.

So finally, this neighbor decided to contact local authorities and file a missing persons report for Duane.

She told police that he was a military veteran who had a history of health problems and mobility issues.

He needed a lot of assistance in his daily activities and usually used a walker, cane, or wheelchair to get around.

She explained that she'd go over to his house just about every day to check on him, do his laundry, bathe him, take him to him from doctor's appointments or to the grocery store, and even give him his medication.

In fact, the neighbor said that Duane had recently undergone ankle or foot surgery, which had required him to stay at the hospital for two months.

She explained that he'd just returned from the hospital shortly before he vanished.

She also mentioned that she wasn't the only person who'd be at his place from time to time.

The neighbor explained that the last time she'd seen Duane, he was leaving his house in the company of a man and woman who she recognized as Robert Brooks and Jennifer DeModd.

Jennifer's mother, who had since died, had once dated Dwayne, and according to the neighbor, Jennifer and Robert weren't strangers to Dwayne's place.

However, prior to the last sighting of him, it had been a while since the couple had stopped by.

The neighbor told authorities that the only reason she'd even really noticed Jennifer and Robert with Dwayne was because it had been several months since she'd seen Jennifer.

And not only that, when she saw the trio together, Jennifer and Robert appeared to be escorting Duane into a vehicle.

They weren't doing so forcefully or anything, but the neighbor did get the sense that Duane was going somewhere with the couple.

Where, why, and for how long?

She had no idea.