Benson Lee Spears, 42, of Liberty, Kentucky, disappeared after a phone call placed from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on December 9, 2015. That call is the last confirmed contact his family and friends have had with him; no further verified sighting or communication has been reported. The Casey County Sheriff’s Office is the primary agency handling the investigation, which is complicated by the international element.

Spears is described as a white male about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 to 170 pounds, with graying, almost bald hair, green eyes and a gray beard at the time he went missing. He had numerous tattoos, including a dragon on his back, a cross with a rose on his left arm, I Stand Alone on his right forearm, and the names Timothy, Patrick, Brittany and Holly on his chest. Other identifiers include crooked pinkie fingers, a previously pierced left ear and a possible scar on the right side of his forehead. His case is listed in NamUs as MP38119.

Very few details are public about why he was in Mexico or what happened after the December 9 call. Does anyone have information about Benson’s activities in late 2015 or recalls seeing him in Nuevo Laredo around that time?