Cody Eli Honeycutt, known as Cody ’Eli’ Elisha Herman Honeycutt, disappeared from his mother’s home in Pell City, Alabama, in the spring of 2022 after leaving in her vehicle. Friends and family described him as kind-hearted, funny, and loyal; his sudden loss of contact was out of character and prompted an immediate search.

Investigators followed electronic and financial activity that began in Alabama and moved east into Mississippi. Transactions tied to his mother’s card were recorded at a gas station in Leeds, then at a gas station in Meridian and at a casino resort in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where casino security confirmed Cody made the transactions. His vehicle was later found abandoned on the shoulder of Interstate 55 near Durant, Mississippi—out of gas, with the Alabama plate removed and a Mississippi tag on the car; his phone was not in the vehicle. A final transaction showed activity at a gas station in Madison, Mississippi, before the trail went cold.

In late summer 2025 human remains were found off Interstate 55 near Durant in the same area where the car was abandoned; months of forensic work and DNA testing confirmed the remains were Cody’s. A cause of death was not immediately determined. If anyone knew Cody, saw his vehicle, or has information about his movements in Alabama or Mississippi in spring 2022, please come forward.