James Kirt Peavy, 50, vanished from Broken Bow, Oklahoma after walking away from his ex-wife’s parents’ home on the evening of August 6, 2016. His 19-year-old son was the last family member to see him at about 9:30 pm. Peavy was on foot, wearing brown khaki shorts, a large red t-shirt, a black Yeti ball cap and flip-flops, and he had his iPhone and wallet containing an Oklahoma ID and an uncashed payroll check.

He is described as a Caucasian man between 5 feet 10 inches and 5 feet 11 inches, 210 to 220 pounds, with blonde and partially gray hair, a receding hairline, green eyes, a small skull-with-hat tattoo on his right arm and a Yosemite Sam tattoo on his chest. He wore full dentures with a chipped right front tooth. Phone records show outgoing calls that evening to his 16-year-old daughter and a final incoming call from a blocked number lasting three minutes; investigators were unable to trace that call. No cell phone or credit-card activity has been recorded since his disappearance, and two payroll checks were never cashed. An obituary for his father in 2026 notes Peavy is presumed deceased.

Anyone with information about where James Peavy might have gone on August 6, 2016, or who recognized his tattoos or clothing that night is asked to come forward.