Mike Bauer

The only thing they think they may have found of Ajay's was an energy bar wrapper left on one of the trails.

From what we can tell, there's not a lot pointing to suicide.

So we reach out to Ajay's colleagues and friends to get their thoughts.

Sergeant Vince Burton is still on the fence.

On the one hand, Ajay did appear torn up over his marital problems.

On the other, he seemed to be coping.

Would you be telling me about your ultra marathon if you were just going to end it all?

Would you even be planning to go run at the punch bowl, which is an ugly area anyway?

For fact-checking purposes, we want to make clear.

The punch bowl is not ugly.

But go on, Vince.

For Ajay's running buddy, Randy Meggardly, there's no question.

Because he says Ajay was acting strangely, even more strangely than usual, in the weeks before his disappearance.

He says, you know...

Ajay said similar things to Dave Rathbun, but he didn't put a lot of stock into any of the statements because he says Ajay is just a weird guy.

Our unit was next to a big giant duck pond.

And one of the ways we used to make jokes about each other is we kind of like, where do you fit in the duck pond?

John was, and I don't want to malign him, but he was one of the oddest ducks in the pond, which is good, right?

You need them.

You don't want everybody swimming the same.