Chad Eugene Reynolds was 25 when he was last seen on February 1, 2009, in Summerfield, Florida. He attended a Super Bowl party at DJ and Gina’s Bar with a female friend, got into a verbal altercation with another patron, then left the bar driving his friend’s car. He later called that friend to say the car had broken down near a Walmart in Summerfield and asked for help. When she arrived, both Reynolds and the vehicle were gone; the car was later recovered abandoned on Highway 441, but Reynolds has not been seen since.

Investigators explored several theories. One theory held he might have fallen asleep in a dumpster near the Walmart and been taken with the trash, but local waste companies found no evidence to support that. Other reports say Reynolds had expressed fears about disappearing, raising the possibility he left deliberately; there were also unconfirmed leads that he might have traveled to North Carolina. Reynolds had a criminal history, including 2003 convictions for burglary and molestation and a 2008 prison release; he failed to report as required on parole after February 1 and was classified as an absconder. Some have noted the timing of five-year-old Haleigh Cummings’s disappearance a few days later, but law enforcement says no direct evidence links Reynolds to that case.

If anyone saw Reynolds around Summerfield on or after February 1, 2009, or has information about his whereabouts, please share what is known.