Austin Harris Applegate, 23, has been missing from Mableton, Georgia since the early morning of March 19, 2026. The last confirmed sightings place him leaving a friend’s vehicle about a half-hour from his home and later walking north on Mableton Highway near a Texaco gas station at about 4:18 a.m. He has not been heard from since.

At the time he disappeared Austin was wearing a black Mountain Dew hoodie, dark pants, white Nike Air Force 1 sneakers and carrying a crossbody bag. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches, about 130 pounds, with brown, receding hair and a bald spot on top, hazel eyes, a mustache and numerous tattoos including full sleeves on both arms, chest and stomach tattoos, a throat tattoo, a mace on his temple and the name Abigail on his shoulder blade. The Cobb County Police Department is investigating; the case is logged in NamUs as MP156887.

Why was Austin leaving a friend’s car so far from home in the pre-dawn hours, and can anyone who saw him that morning or has information please contact Cobb County authorities?