OUTING, Minn. — Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk spotted a familiar face on a northbound motorcycle in busy Fourth of July weekend traffic.

It was Jami Lucas, who he grew up with in nearby Remer. Welk knew Lucas, with a lengthy criminal history, didn’t have a valid license. Deputies tried to pull him over, but Lucas fled. A pursuit on Highway 6 before sunset on July 3, 2020, led to a winding dirt road where the motorcycle was abandoned in a ditch and a deputy saw Lucas run into the woods. The deputy, with his gun drawn, gave commands to stop and come out.

Five years later, Lucas hasn’t been seen since.

“Where the hell is he?” Welk said in a recent interview at his office in Walker.

Friends and family accuse law enforcement of not doing enough to find Lucas. They say deputies shouldn’t ha

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