By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times
This December will mark ten years since the last time anyone in his family saw Paul Clifton Sigman. Sigman, who would have celebrated his 40th birthday this week, left his family home late on the evening of December 1 or in the early morning hours of December 2, 2014, disappearing without a trace; or at least without much of one.
Clifton, as he was known by friends and family, is believed to have walked from his home on Stump Run Road to another family property, according to his mother Sabrina Sigman. She said she heard rumors that he was picked up by someone in a dark colored Mustang, but police made no progress in following that lead.
Emergency Management also made multiple searches of the area around his home with no results.
The only evidence found were a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, and a pack of cigarettes at Sigman’s last suspected location. A voicemail was also left on the answering machine of a family member, but it didn’t provide any information to indicate where he might have gone.
His mother, though, says she has long suspected the voice on the recording isn’t her son, but rather someone impersonating him. She also said she wasn’t confident the boots, gloves, and cigarettes left behind belonged to Clifton – though she has no more inclination why someone else would have left them than she has to why her son would have stripped them off and left them behind on a cold, winter night.
She said Kentucky State Police, who still have an open investigation into her son’s disappearance, did look into some of her son’s acquaintances, and searched some properties in the Willard area her son had been associated with. But they never found any evidence of what may have happened to Clifton Sigman.
His mother, Sabrina, says she just wants closure. With his birthday approaching, she said, she wants to remind people that her son is still missing and to ask anyone out hiking, kayaking, or off-roading this summer to keep their eyes open for any evidence that might give her that closure.
The six-foot-tall Clifton was last seen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a blue hoodie sweatshirt. Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Kentucky State Police at 800-222-5555 or (606)928-6421. All reports can remain confidential.
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