James Daniels Jr., 42, disappeared from U.S. Highway 93 in Yavapai County, Arizona, on the night of August 21 into the early hours of August 22, 2021. He had been helping a friend move from Nevada to Mississippi and volunteered to stay with a white International box truck, a trailer, and the friend’s brown-and-white spaniel named Penny after the friend drove to Wickenburg to get a flat tire repaired. The truck carried Liberty Distribution on the sides and Got Milk on the back and had no license plates.

Witnesses reported seeing Daniels between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. on August 22 appearing disoriented on the side of the highway. An Arizona State Trooper arrived about 4:30 a.m. and found no sign of Daniels; Penny was briefly seen but ran into the desert and was not recovered. Law enforcement in Wyoming and Arizona have been involved; the Teton County Sheriff’s Office initially handled the missing person report before it transferred to Mojave County. Daniels is a Black male, 5 feet 11 inches, about 185 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, and a tattoo of his last name Daniels on his back.

No confirmed sightings have been reported since that morning. Does anyone have information on Daniels’ whereabouts or recall seeing that truck or the dog in the Kingman–Wickenburg area that night?