Roark was last seen at the Gwinnett Inn in the 4100 block of Highway 78 in Lilburn, Georgia at 11:04 a.m. on November 9, 2006. He and a coworker went to the hotel the previous evening. The coworker stated Roark drank heavily that night and was still drunk when he left the next morning. He was driving a black 2001 Honda Accord with the Georgia license plate number ASL0280 and a white Florida Gators decal in the back window. A photograph of the vehicle is posted below this case summary. It was located thirty-six days later at a rest stop in Morgan County, Georgia, east of Atlanta, off Interstate 20. Witnesses placed it there from four days after Roark's disappearance.

Roark has never been heard from again. His family has called his cellular phone many times since his disappearance, but it has been turned off. For a 26-hour period about a year after he went missing, Roark's phone was turned back on, but authorities were unable to trace its location and the phone turned back off. His mother has paid his cellular phone bill since his disappearance.

Roark served two tours of duty with the armed forces in Iraq prior to his disappearance. He was with the Army's special forces and his duties included psychological operations, such as drafting pamphlets and leaflets. He returned home from his final tour in 2005. Roark apparently suffered from psychological problems as a result of his war experiences and occasionally abused alcohol. At the time he went missing, he lived in Snellville, Georgia and worked as the assistant manager at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant there. He was due for a promotion at work and was excited about this. Authorities have not found any evidence of foul play in Roark's disappearance, but his mother believes he was murdered. His case remains unsolved.

Above: Roark's car