Pyke was last seen at approximately 3:00 p.m. on April 2, 1999, in the vicinity of the 2000 block of State Route 11 in the Evans Mills, New York area. He stopped at a cousin's home, but didn't get out of the car. He had driven towards his home in the 4900 block of Aitchison Road to visit a relative in Watertown, New York. Pyke's vehicle, a dark blue 1989 Chevrolet Blazer with a black top, chrome diamond running boards, and the New York license plate number FMS 867, is also missing. Pyke did not have any money with him when he went missing and the only item inside the Blazer was his driver's license. Pyke wears bifocal eyeglasses with wire frames. He has no teeth. He is bowlegged, his sternum has previously been fractured, and his ring finger was previously broken at the first joint. Pyke has a scar on the bridge of his nose and a surgical scar on his abdomen.