Matthew Benjamin Bechanko was 25 and living in Kalamazoo, Michigan when contact with him ceased around the Fourth of July 2017. He is described as six feet tall, 185 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. His disappearance was reported to the Michigan State Police on September 13, 2017.

Investigators later confirmed that in July 2017 Matthew boarded a flight to Europe. There is no evidence he has re-entered the United States since that departure, and his current location and welfare remain unknown. The international travel adds a significant element to an otherwise brief missing person file.

Anyone who saw or had contact with Matthew in Kalamazoo in June or July 2017, or who may have information about his travel and whereabouts in Europe, is asked to come forward.