Richard Dean Watson, 39, was last seen in New Haven on December 28, 2025. A family member was the last person to have contact with him; after that interaction he did not make contact and was not seen again. He is described as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 9 inches and about 140 pounds, and has several tattoos including the letters GR8 on the knuckles of his right hand. There is no report of what he was wearing when he was last seen.

Richard’s pattern of intermittent contact initially made his absence less alarming to those close to him, but the silence grew unusually long after the recent death of his girlfriend earlier that December. His disappearance was reported to the Danbury Police Department on March 13, 2026, under case number 2600016443, and the case is entered in NamUs as MP156619. Anyone who knew Richard or saw him in late December 2025 in New Haven is asked to share information with investigators.