ANACORTES - An Anacortes family continues to search for answers after their loved one disappeared under mysterious circumstances. 62 year old Keith Anderson vanished earlier this year. The family talked with Q13 Fox News on Sunday about their painful ordeal.
The last 7 months have been agonizing for Elizabeth Dixon and her family. Each day that passes hope fades for finding her father Keith Anderson alive.
"Huge void when he went missing, huge void miss him every day. It is awful it's a struggle, day to day struggle," said Dixon.
Keith was last seen on January 6th when he went to go buy Oxycontin on the street from a guy in Sultan. Keith's Nephew Kiel Anderson says he never made it home that night to have dinner with his son Jake who is a fisherman from the hit TV show The Deadliest Catch.
"That was something Keith would never have done, never miss Jake before he went on his trip," said Anderson.
Elizabeth says Keith was a well respected counselor at Anacortes High School known for having a great mind and an even bigger heart.
"Makes me so proud of my father, for all the good he's done for people," said Dixon.
The family says Keith had struggled with injuries and emotional pain and was using Oxycontin to cope. According to Elizabeth the day Keith went to buy the drugs he disappeared with only $500 cash.
"My Dad would never skip on his family, his family is the most important thing," said Dixon.
Cops found Keith's truck on a logging road in Darrington a week and half after he disappeared, Kiel says that's when the family feared the worse.
"Him driving that truck up into that remote area where the truck was found would not have been something Keith would have done, which is our first clue some kind of foul play going on," said Anderson.
For now Cops call it a missing person's case. Although, they say the guy that sold Keith the drugs is under investigation.
The family says all they want is closure, even if that means finding out Keith was killed. It's the words in a letter written by Keith's sister that keeps them strong.
"We keep searching and praying and fall on each other for strength and we take his caring soul with us in whatever we do each day now."
The family is offering a reward for information that will help them find Keith Anderson. The family says if the reward isn't claimed the money will go towards a scholarship in his name.
A memorial service for the former high school counselor will be held at Anacortes High School on August 14th.
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