Jeffrey Wayne Newell was 18 when he was last seen in Edwards, a small community in Benton County, Missouri, on November 19, 1985. He was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Few specifics about the circumstances of that day have been reported, and no definitive leads have ever emerged that explain his disappearance.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office has kept the file open, but decades of investigation produced no significant breakthroughs and the case remains unresolved. What little is known points only to the last confirmed sighting and his physical description. If anyone remembers seeing Jeffrey around Edwards in November 1985 or has information that could help piece together his movements that day, please contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.