Unless the economy starts to show its brighter face-–I fear that we will be reading about more and more Kurt Andersons disappearing--when you cannot cope-–the next best thing is to escape-–I hope they find him.

Not a whole lotta info here, but with the age, 51, my best guess is some sort of mid-lifer.

I hope he is ok and that he at least calls home to let the fam know he is alive.

3 kids and a wife no wonder he disappeard !!!! free at last !!!!

Very sad.

Some people are just plain tired of their ordinary lives. Anderson is well within his rights to junk his present life for a new, exciting one; I only wish he thought of his children's rights as well.

Linnette if they find this guys body in a ditch somewhere would that be considered a new exciting life? what happened to not passing judgement?

I'm glad he just drop the kids off.....when you read articles like this it always turns out murder-sucide. This man might be going through some personal issue in his life, some cowards take it out on the family. I'm glad he didnt harm the kids. I hope everything with this story comes out okay.

I wonder if he'll have to pay for the cost of them searching for him like women have to...

Either way, I hope he is ok, and his family is doing well.

Well, if he did run away, I am glad he chose to do that instead of the murder/suicide thing.

Wow! You people are so thoughtless..
You have no idea if this guy has been abducted, had an accident which no one has discovered yet or if there are potentially more sinister motives involved.

My heart goes out to the family. I hope his is found and I will wait for further information before deciding that the guy did a runner on his family because he's gone missing. Have some tact, guys.
And seriously, Mike.. obviously there's a reason you're still single.

Sounds to me like he's running away from a shady deal. Even if that's not the case, shame on him for leaving his children! It makes him a big coward!

One day I will withdraw money and disappear as well...... very good plan.

Probably could not cope with his present life. Not a very smart thing to ditch your family and responsibilities. This would be a coward thinking only of himself. I hope that he works it out and comes back to his family alive.

To Mike – I hope his wife and kids never read comments regarding this story ..yours would be rather hurtful to them.
And Linette you are right people are well within there rights to do what they feel they need in there life ..there is a right and wrong way to take care of things if you are unhappy and this is the wrong way if that is the real case.... however I think we all know that stories like these dont usually end well
I do hope all will turn out well and will keep them in my prayers.

dought he ran away no evidence of that either and if no activity on credit cards or banks anywere for three weeks this mans dead, if it was a mother with three kids missing with no trace people would be saying something different right? He even had plans to go to work why call your employer to tell them your going to be late why not just call in right?

Echo what in the world are you talking about. People have every legal right to disapper. Now things like child support are another matter.

The only time when a person gets into trouble is if they file a false police report. i.e. runaway bride who said she was kidnapped. THEN restitution comes into play.

Some people just choose to walk away it is selfish and rude but legal.

wow sad i bet if he wass taking money out he might have had to pay someone back depending on how much at least. what if it wasent enough and he had to run or something

thats sad but what worst is some horrible father who locked his daughter in a celler for 24 years raping her constantly untill she had 7 kids and he even did it infront of them

Hmm. I think he ditched! Well, that sucks for them im mean seriously. Well,

sad

We had a similar incident with a man-just gone. A few years after the fact a new detective went to work on the case. They found his car in a retention pond not far from his home. His family went through all the hell of speculation. If there are ponds around there I hope the cops don't overlook this possibility.

How much did he withdraw the last day? $20 for gas or $20,000? He called in late to work, so maybe he ran off the road – as has happened before to people – while heading for gas. I hope he is found soon for the sake of his family. May god bless and watch over them all. Pastor James

Sounds to me like he is just missing. 1. He has a job so he is better then most now-a-days 2. He called to say he was late 3. As for the money that may be why he is late. People, how many times did you have to stop at the ATM on the way to work... Lets help find him then go by facts; for he could be one of the ones we read about that went of the side of the road, pinned in his vehicle, and is out of view from the road

Sad to read these comments. Seriously people.....why do the majority think the worst? Let's give him a break and pray for his safe return...or at least hope for his safe return.

He came home on Saturday the 14th. Nothing has ever been said about where he was or where he went......

Why is it that when a woman dissapears, it's kidnapping or murder? And when a man dissapears, he's left his family? Media...either way, I hope he is alright...very sad.

he came home on Saturday the 14th. They haven't said where he went or why, just that he came home.

Before eveyone jumps to the conclusion that this man skipped out on his family, you may want to take a deep breath. He and his car could have been hijacked, etc.

With the country in the shape it is in... There are so many what ifs. We have many crimnals watching atm's for someone to target, then we have car-jackings, etc. Maybe prayer would be better than accusations or our conclusions. I personally know of a person car-jacked. They assumed she just took off. They found her car a year before they found her body.

THIS GUY RETURNED HOME 3 DAYS AGO - 3/16/09. Thanks, CNN staff, for being so up-to-the-minute.

With so little facts how is it that so many people seems to know why and what happened. Amazing! Automatically it seems when a man goes missing he is dumping his family and when a woman goes missing her husband must have dumped her somewhere after killing her.

He may have been taking money out of the bank to buy starbucks on the way to work. It does not say if it was 20.00 or 200.00. it's just as possible in this economic nightmare we are all living that someone robbed him as it is that he bailed out on his family?

And why call in late to work? Why call at all if you aren't showing? and attempting to hide something?

Nothing adds up. Get facts then comment on the why , when you know what the "why" is... until then pray like this is somone you care about or recognize that others do .

mike whoever u are u are sick!! and same with u others who agree with him it's sad and vanie u are a nice person and i will pray for those people too and you too whatever you need to be prayed 4

3 people (at least) in comments say this man has already returned home. If he has I'm glad for his family and surprised that CNN didn't check out the accuracy of the story. If he hasn't then I hope for his family's sake that he turns up ok and comes home to them.

I don't agree with Teresa that he had a mid-life crisis. Did you notice he is 51? Since the average life span is not 102, 51 would not be mid-life. Anything could have happened. Accident, abduction, murder, he split...people need to have some tact.

I once met a man who was the friend of a woman whose husband was a pastor. They had five kids together and the wife was a homemaker. The husband did what this man did. One day he simply left and didn't return. The wife heard from him a few days or weeks later. He said he just couldn't be a part of the family anymore.

It happens.

A joke I heard once: "He said he was leaving his family to spend more time with his work."

Just dad????

Hey Mike,
Clearly, you have a microscopic "package" and can't get a decent gal to show you any attention/respect/love.
Hopefully, you will remain single and mate-less forever! you deserve it!!!

Mike is a loser, he's the desperate one in the bars picking up bar flys–I agree, I hope this man is o.k. if he did leave his family, I consider him a coward. No matter how tough things get, you stick it out. For your kids if anything. Society is full of cowards, that's why we're in the mess we're in.
I feel for his family not knowing, his family needs support from the community. Mary, I suggest you live in the real world, family abandonment happens more than people realize, it happened in the Great Depression too, along with suicide and murder. Comment blogs are for people to express their opinion, whether we like it or not. I don;t agree with mike, but hey, everyone is entitled to be stupid.