Chad Foster Tompkins, 48, was last seen on September 30, 2021, in Emerson, Arkansas. Family reports say he was observed walking unclothed on County Road 23 near his home that day; his clothes were found neatly folded on the side of the road between his house and U.S. 79. There was a possible, unconfirmed sighting at the Emerson Food Mart. His family reported him missing on October 4, 2021.

Tompkins is 5 feet 10 inches and about 195 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He suffered a traumatic head injury in March 2018 and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His care depended on medication, and the family was having difficulty obtaining it around the time he vanished. He had wandered off before in 2017 and was found in Magnolia after two days. As of September 2022 the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reported no new leads.

Does anyone who lived in or traveled through Emerson around late September 2021 remember seeing Tompkins or his clothing folded by the roadside?