Jefferson West, 46, was last seen by his mother and brother on July 2, 2018, in front of the family home on Washington Street in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He left behind his cell phone, wallet and car keys and was reportedly wearing shorts, a t‑shirt, tennis shoes and possibly a red NASCAR ball cap. His mother thought he may have walked into nearby woods he sometimes used to clear his head; his brother thought someone in a vehicle might have picked him up.

In the weeks before his disappearance West had relapsed on substances, moved back into his mother’s home and was reportedly depressed. He had been searching online for free places to camp on the beach and told his wife he was staying under the Bay St. Louis Bridge about three miles away; a friend said he might have been under a bridge with suicidal thoughts. Searches under the bridge and along the beach produced no sign of him, and searches of the dense woods near the family home were reportedly limited. A human skull found in the woods near the family home in 2022 has not been publicly linked to his case.

No concrete evidence of his whereabouts has emerged and the Bay St. Louis Police Department asks anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in the Bay St. Louis area see Jefferson around July 2, 2018 or notice anything unusual that day?