Johnny Ray Strong, 70, was last seen on July 19, 2023, in the vicinity of 1335 Ouachita 95, northwest of Bearden in Ouachita County, Arkansas. He is described as a Black male, six feet tall, about 160 pounds, bald with brown eyes. On the day he vanished he wore jeans, a gray shirt and a dark-colored hat and had been walking to a neighbor’s house while his daughter followed behind in her car; she briefly lost sight of him when she moved the vehicle to get a better cell phone signal and did not see him again.

Family members raised particular concern because he may have been experiencing symptoms of dementia and had been scheduled for medical testing the day he disappeared. A month earlier he had become entangled in barbed wire during a walk and was unable to free himself for two hours before being found, a prior incident the family says illustrated his vulnerability.

The Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office was notified and a Silver Alert was issued. Searches using helicopters and drones over the wooded terrain near his home were conducted without locating him, and the family has offered a cash reward for information. Does anyone in the Bearden area remember seeing Johnny on or after July 19, 2023, or have information that could help locate him?