Elias Chief Culps, 24, was last seen in White Swan, Washington, on December 27, 2018. A member of the Yakama Nation, he was wearing a t-shirt and white plaid shorts when he disappeared. Described as between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches, with brown hair and brown eyes, a distinguishing tattoo is located on the right side of his neck.

The circumstances of Elias’s disappearance remain unclear and few public details are available. His family says he was struggling with drug addiction at the time, and the Yakama Nation Tribal Police are handling the investigation. Relatives have kept his memory alive through a Facebook page called Missing Elias Culps and by participating in vigils and Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day events.

His cousin Stephanie Culp has become an advocate, helping the family engage with law enforcement and the FBI on this and related cases. Does anyone in or around White Swan have information about Elias’s whereabouts or last known movements?