Chaz Simmons, 30, vanished in the pre-dawn hours after finishing a shift as a cook at Sienna Mercato in downtown Pittsburgh on March 8, 2026. He was last seen at work in the 900 block of Penn Avenue between 1:30 and 3:30 a.m.; surveillance tracked him walking on Penn Avenue toward Sixth Street at 3:42 a.m., near Katz Plaza, then on Fort Duquesne Boulevard headed for the Clemente Bridge. The final known image, at 4:02 a.m., is believed to show him walking toward the bridge. His phone stopped transmitting around that time.

Chaz is described as 5 feet 7 inches, about 150 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a goatee, and a neck tattoo reading Yalinda. Co-workers said he was acting normally after his shift and restaurant footage showed nothing unusual. Investigators from the Pittsburgh Police Department’s Special Victims Unit call him endangered and at risk, but family members say early handling of the case left them frustrated; footage from city cameras near the Clemente Bridge was unavailable because it wasn’t requested in time.

The circumstances of his disappearance remain unexplained and the last moments before he vanished are a key gap in the timeline. If anyone was in downtown Pittsburgh around the Clemente Bridge or Penn Avenue that morning and saw Chaz or remembers unusual activity, please come forward with information.