Ernest Dale Potts, 29, and his mother Belen Potts, 55, were last seen at their Tucson home on the evening of July 14, 2016. They had mentioned plans to go hiking and rock collecting in the Redington Pass area the next day and missed scheduled work shifts that weekend, prompting a missing persons report filed with the Tucson Police Department on July 20.

On July 29 hikers found the Potts’ red 2013 Ford Focus off the road near Mile Post 11 in a remote section of Redington Pass; the vehicle appeared to have gotten stuck before rolling. Search and rescue recovered Belen Potts’ body near the car. Authorities reported no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death and suggested exposure after the vehicle became stranded as the prevailing theory.

There was no sign of Ernest at the scene and his whereabouts remain unknown. If anyone saw Ernest or the red Ford Focus in Redington Pass around July 14–29, 2016, please share what was seen or contact investigators.