Brian Ray Hale was 36 when he was last seen near the Deep Fork River in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, on March 22, 2017. His red Ford F150 Lightning was found abandoned near the river with several personal items — his cell phone, wallet, glasses, and shoes — still inside or nearby, suggesting he did not plan to leave for long.

Hale is described as Caucasian and Native American, 6 feet 2 inches tall, about 135 pounds, with short straight brown hair, brown eyes, a lazy right eye and droopy eyelid. He had several homemade tattoos, including three dots in a triangle on one hand and a small cross on a hip. Reports say he may have entered the wooded area by the river, possibly heading east, and that he was in poor health at the time.

The Okfuskee County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation, but the circumstances of what happened after his truck was found remain unclear. If anyone saw Brian near the Deep Fork River on March 22, 2017, or has information about his movements that day, please come forward.