Adam A. Hale was 39 when he was last seen in Butler, Missouri, on February 12, 2008. Public bulletins list him as a white male with brown hair and green eyes, 6 feet 1 inch tall and about 205 pounds. His last publicly documented location was the Marias des Cygnes River at the V Highway bridge, where he was reportedly seen with a canoe.

There is no detailed timeline of what happened before or after he reached the river area, and no confirmed public contact after that day. The Bates County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Clearinghouse are listed as points of contact for anyone with information about his whereabouts.

This case is defined by a clear last known place and date but otherwise sparse public detail. Does anyone who was in the Butler area around February 12, 2008, remember seeing Adam Hale or a canoe near the Marias des Cygnes River and V Highway bridge?