Warren Alexander Brindel, known as Alex, was 24 when he moved to Quartzsite, Arizona, in the summer of 1993 and worked at a diner in nearby Hope. He kept in regular contact with family by phone and letters; the last phone call to his mother was in December 1993. The last confirmed sighting was December 22, 1993, when he was arrested in La Paz County for a drunken fight at a bar. After that arrest he seemingly vanished.

Warren is described as a white male, brown hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 10 inches, about 165 pounds, with a broken upper left tooth and healed fractures to his left arm and ribs. Friends and family said he struggled with alcoholism and could get into fights when drinking, but he usually stayed in close touch with a small circle, which made his sudden silence unusual. His mother was told he left the Quartzsite area around February or March 1994; no missing persons report was filed officially until 1996. The investigation has produced few answers.

If anyone knew Warren in Quartzsite or Hope in late 1993–early 1994 or has information about where he might have gone after the December arrest, please share what was seen or heard.