On August 19, 2016, 27-year-old Janson Alex Brewer disappeared from St. Joseph, Tennessee. He was last seen with a friend, Daniel Shawn Braden, and the two may have been headed to Florida—reports variously say for a fishing trip or to pick up another vehicle. Brewer was driving a distinctive 1994 silver Ford Ranger pickup with a step-side bed; neither Brewer, Braden, nor the truck has been definitively located.

A possible sighting at a Florence, Alabama, mall on August 20, 2016, was reported but did not yield a confirmed trace. Brewer is described as a white male between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet 0 inches tall, about 175 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has multiple tattoos, including a double-barreled shotgun on his left forearm, a rock on hand sign on his upper right shoulder, the words life and death on his hands, and scars on his right elbow and right hip.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department continues to handle the investigation. Searches and tips over the years, including searches of properties and septic tanks, have not produced conclusive evidence. The family says the absence has been devastating and has called for broader agency involvement. Anyone with truthful information about Janson Brewer’s whereabouts is asked to come forward.