Ryan Austin Hendrix, 39, was last seen in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 31, 2022, after relocating there for work from Texarkana, Texas. He had been en route to a job in Nashville but was assigned to finish a project in Fort Wayne and stayed in several local motels while doing so. Family expected him to return to Nashville and begin the next phase of the assignment on November 16, 2022, but he never appeared.

His debit card showed activity in Fort Wayne through November 22, 2022, then all financial activity stopped and family has had no contact since. At the time he went missing he was between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 150 to 170 pounds. He was driving a red 2015 Volkswagen Passat with Texas plate JFK4082; that vehicle was later abandoned at an unspecified roadside location. The Wake Village Police Department in Texas is listed as the case owner and the case is registered with NamUs as MP149032.

There are gaps in the timeline between late October and the end of November 2022, and the location where the Passat was abandoned has not been made public. If anyone has information about Ryan Hendrix’s whereabouts in Fort Wayne during that period or about the red Passat, please come forward.