Matthew Wayne Connally, 39, was last seen in Atlanta on August 7, 2021, after leaving St. Jude’s Recovery Center near Pine Street and Piedmont Avenue. He called his mother from a borrowed phone, said he was at a nearby bus stop on Piedmont Road, and asked her to contact the center so he could pick up his belongings the next day. He never returned to retrieve those items and has not been seen or heard from since.

Matthew is a white male, 6 feet 2 inches, about 170 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has numerous tattoos, including a woman’s face with glasses nearly covering his right forearm; a crying, bearded man on his right upper arm; Psalm 51:1-2 on his bicep; laugh now/cry later masks on each shoulder; the phrase every saint has a past every sinner has a future across his upper chest; and a quote on his right torso reading is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream. He is a father to a young son and the nephew of former Douglas County Sheriff and County Commission Chairman Phil Miller. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, and his family continues to seek information.

If anyone saw Matthew around Pine Street, Piedmont Avenue, or Piedmont Road on or after August 7, 2021, or knows his whereabouts, please share what was seen or where he might be.