Charles Bruce Cotton, 81, is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as a missing adult from Spring, Texas, with his last known contact reported on August 17, 2025. The case entry is associated with Spring in northern Harris County, an area served in part by the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office.

NamUs entries for older adults like Mr. Cotton typically include descriptors such as age, sex, race, eye and hair color, approximate height and weight, nicknames, and commonly worn items to help match tips to the right person. In Texas a Silver Alert can be requested by the investigating agency for people 65 or older with a diagnosed cognitive impairment when disappearance poses a credible threat to health and safety; law enforcement agencies and the Department of Public Safety manage dissemination of those alerts. Harris County agencies provide reporting portals and forensic resources and Precinct 4 has tools such as a communications unit and a drone program that have been used to support missing-person operations.

If anyone has seen Charles Cotton or has information about his whereabouts since August 17, 2025, please contact local law enforcement with any tips or sightings.