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DULUTH 鈥� Three men remain missing in fairly remote parts of the Northland this holiday season without any apparent clues to their whereabouts, as authorities insist the unrelated cases are still active and as families hope for miracles.

The men went missing months ago in three very different scenarios, in different parts of the Northland, but are united in the fact that their cases remain entirely unresolved.

Despite searches by trained teams on foot and all-terrain vehicles, and the use of tracking dogs, drones and more, all three men appear to have vanished without a trace.

鈥淭he search continues,鈥� said Rick Slatten, captain of the

Contributed / Debbie Lawrence

was last seen driving his yellow Can-Am ATV north from the Duluth area on the evening of Aug. 20. He hasn鈥檛 been seen or heard from since. He was last spotted on video camera footage near Island Lake at about 6:30 that night, apparently headed north back home to Mountain Iron after visiting a friend at a Duluth hospital.

His worried parents and two young children are still waiting for any new clues.

The case seemed unusual from the start as Lawrence drove this four-wheeler to Duluth from his home in Mountain Iron to visit a friend at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center. His mother said that鈥檚 because his car was not working. After leaving the hospital, Jeremy called his mother to say he was headed home, then proceeded to leave Duluth heading north.

Video cameras captured him driving along Rice Lake Road near Martin Road and then again near the Island Lake Inn. But he hasn鈥檛 been seen since.

Lawrence鈥檚 parents have offered a $3,000 reward for any information on where he is or what might have happened. But Duluth police have declined to offer any details on the case, with nearly all the information coming from Lawrence鈥檚 family. Police never released a description of Lawrence and have never requested the public鈥檚 assistance in finding him.

鈥淭his is still an active investigation that involves multiple agencies,鈥� Mattie Hjelseth, public information officer for the Duluth Police Department, told the News Tribune earlier this week.

Debbie Lawrence, Jeremy鈥檚 mother, said she has heard no new information in months from police.

鈥淚f they know something more, they aren鈥檛 telling us,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut I get the feeling they don鈥檛.鈥�

The family used money from a to hire a private investigator. But, so far, that investigator has also come up empty.

鈥淲e keep asking ourselves, how can someone just disappear like this?鈥� Debbie told the News Tribune, noting the plight of not knowing is hardest on Jeremy鈥檚 children, ages 9 and 10, who live with Debbie and her husband.

鈥淭he kids come first. 鈥� We pray with them every night for their father to come home. But it鈥檚 just so terrible this time of year, for them to not know where their father is or if he鈥檚 coming home,鈥� Debbie said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e all still waiting, hoping for him to call or walk in.鈥�

In addition to multiple missions by the St. Louis County Rescue Squad 鈥� and search efforts by ATV club members, friends and family 鈥� nothing has turned up on the back roads or trails in the area. It鈥檚 only about 60 miles from Island Lake to Mountain Iron, but it's a fairly remote area, including the Cloquet Valley State Forest, with few homes and deep woods. The area is crisscrossed with many forest logging roads and ATV trails, making it difficult to track exactly where Lawrence may have gone.

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near Gheen, remains missing in northwestern St. Louis County. Stevenson was last seen walking on the Willow River Road, approximately a quarter-mile south of Gheen, on Sept. 2 at approximately 9:52 a.m. Friends had described him as being unusually belligerent and agitated that morning after visiting a friend in Cook.

A ping of Stevenson鈥檚 cellphone indicated it had been in the Gheen area after that time, but it could be anywhere within a 3-mile radius, and Stevenson did not answer the phone. It鈥檚 not known if he had it with him at the time of his disappearance.

Despite multiple searches by the St. Louis County Rescue Squad, there have been no reported clues to Stevenson鈥檚 disappearance.

Stevenson, who has Parkinson's disease and, according to published reports, apparently experiences delusional episodes, is approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 130 pounds. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt under a green and blue flannel shirt and blue jeans.

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was reported missing to Nashville's Metro Police Department on Oct. 18.

A white 2007 PT Cruiser linked to him was discovered, mired in mud and abandoned, in the Brule River State Forest on a trail off Brackett's Corner Road around Nov. 6. Local hunters in the area indicate the vehicle may have been there since Oct. 23. The site is just off Wisconsin Highway 13, near Lake Superior, about 20 miles east of Superior.

鈥淲e have searched the area on foot, with K-9s, drones and followed up on many leads,鈥� with nothing more found, Douglas County Sheriff Matt Izzard told the News Tribune earlier this week. 鈥淎lthough the initial missing person report is out of Tennessee, it is still an open investigation here so I can鈥檛 comment any further.鈥�

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In a recent Facebook post, Johnson鈥檚 wife, Hannah, reposted information that her husband may have been headed to Helena, Montana, where he is originally from.

鈥淧hilip had been having some struggles prior to going missing and his family is worried about his well being,鈥� the post noted.

鈥淭his is my husband, he is still missing and very loved,鈥� Hannah Johnson posted.

Johnson, who owns and operates a window-washing company with his wife, originally left Nashville in his own company truck, a black 2008 Chevrolet Silverado. That truck still has not been located. Authorities determine he purchased the PT Cruiser the day after he went missing with what authorities have called 鈥渕ental issues.鈥�

According to the National Missing And Unidentified Persons System, there were 24,055 people reported as missing across the U.S. as of Wednesday, Dec. 20.

• If you have any information on Jeremy Lawrence, call Duluth police at 218-730-5400. A fund to contribute to the family's search efforts has been set up at .
• If you have information on Glenn Stevenson, the St. Louis County Sheriff鈥檚 Office asks that you call 911 and reference case number 23-129421.
• If you have information on Philip Johnson, contact the Douglas County Sheriff鈥檚 Office at 715-395-1230.