Law enforcement officials in Kansas are asking for help as they attempt to find where an Alabama man missing for 36 years is reportedly buried.

The Butler County (Kansas) Sheriff’s Office is searching for the grave of Ricky L. Nelms, a Moulton man who reportedly disappeared in 1988.

The investigation developed out of a missing person case that developed a decade after Nelms’ disappearance.

In July 1997, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office took a missing person report on Franklin “Punkie” Harrod.

Three people were later convicted of Harrod’s murder, but his body was never found.

Last year, Butler County Sheriff Monty Hughey directed detectives to investigate further into finding the location of Harrod’s remains. At that time, they became aware that Nelms might also have been buried in the county – reportedly only a few feet away.

According to the Butler County Times Gazette, a person confessed to burying Harrod’s body in a rural area in southern Butler County, and also to burying Nelms in the same location in 1988.

Nelms was reported missing to Sedgwick County authorities by his mother in July 1988, after they hadn’t heard from him since February of that year.

Nelms had left Alabama to take a roofing job in Wichita. His case remains unsolved.

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at [email protected], or by calling (316) 322-8817 or 866-484-5924.