Michael Arthur Bounds, 60, of Eureka, California, was last seen on November 27, 2024. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches, about 220 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes, and is also known by the names Mike Arthur Hamby and Michael Arthur Hamby. Family reported him missing to the Eureka Police Department on November 29, 2024, saying they last saw him around 6:00 PM on November 27. Surveillance places him at Murphy’s Market in the Glendale/Blue Lake area at about 3:00 PM that day; he left home with a friend around 4:30 PM and his silver 2006 Dodge Charger (California plate 9CCF459) was seen near Pine Hill Village Apartments at 5:52 PM.

The Charger was located unlocked and abandoned on November 30 at the intersection of Vance Avenue and Eureka Street in the Pine Hill area, with Bounds’ phone inside. Multiple searches followed; on June 25, 2025, a coordinated search of a 31-acre greenbelt between where the car was found and apartments he frequented involved the Eureka Police Department, Humboldt County Sheriff Search and Rescue, the California Rescue Dog Association and Wilderness Finders, using six canines and five volunteer teams, but turned up no new evidence. The Eureka Police Department lists the case as an active missing persons investigation.

If anyone saw Michael around Glendale, Pine Hill or the Vance Avenue and Eureka Street area on or after November 27, 2024, please contact the Eureka Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 707-441-4300.