Local news coverage at the time is fairly informative. Basically, he had a usual routine of getting up, driving to the post office to pick up their mail, going to the grocery store to pick up a newspaper, then to his wife's antique store to make sure all was well there before she arrive--she had had a few break-ins, and at one point had been tied up during a robbery. However, as far as they could determine, he never made it to the first stop. He was well known at both of the first two stops, and there were no tracks in the dirt parking lot at the antique store. He would also call his wife once he arrived to let her know all was well, and this lack of call was their first alert that he had disappeared. Per his brother, he had been having memory issues and "black-outs" in recent months, to the point that he no longer drove on the highway or very little outside of this specific routine. His car is still missing. They drained at least one lake, but I would be very suspicious that he became turned around and had some sort of accident, probably involving water.
Clipping found in The Atlanta Constitution published in Atlanta, Georgia on 1/20/1983.
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Clipping found in The Macon Telegraph published in Macon, Georgia on 12/13/1983. James Hegidio Missing 13 Dec 1983
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Clipping found in The Macon Telegraph published in Macon, Georgia on 12/17/1995. JH 1995 part 2
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Clipping found in The Macon Telegraph published in Macon, Georgia on 1/31/1983. James Hegidio 31 Jan 1983
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Clipping found in The Macon Telegraph published in Macon, Georgia on 3/13/1983.
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Clipping found in The Macon Telegraph published in Macon, Georgia on 12/13/1983. James Hegidio Missing 13 Dec 1983
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Clipping found in The Macon News published in Macon, Georgia on 12/16/1982. James Hegidio 16 Dec 1982
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