Nathan Daniel Rich, 24, was last seen in Pasco, Washington, on December 15, 2018, after telling people he planned to walk to Nevada to visit family for Christmas. He had just been released from jail the day before. Rich is described as a white male, sandy blond hair, blue eyes, about 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds, with tattoos including 702 on his left forearm and a mushroom on his right upper arm. When last seen he reportedly wore a black leather jacket, jeans, black boots and a Dallas Cowboys hat, and carried a dark-colored Nike duffel bag.
Over the following months, the case shifted from a possible voluntary disappearance to a suspected homicide. Rich missed a March 2019 court appearance, and investigators later learned his EBT card, inactive since his disappearance, had been reactivated and used from March through September 2019. His girlfriend Mira Fitzhugh and another man, Cory Silva, were arrested in January 2020 for welfare fraud after admitting they used his information; surveillance showed Rich never used the card after he disappeared. The Pasco Police Department reclassified the case as a homicide in January 2020; no body has been found, but authorities believe his remains could be in the Tri-Cities area, and searches at multiple sites have not produced results. Fitzhugh and Silva deny involvement but are persons of interest.
Does anyone in the area remember Nathan, his movements in December 2018, or saw him with either of the persons of interest?