Reidsville police say human remains recovered at the Ruffin Rock Quarry have been positively identified as Ronald Deon Washington, who was last seen Oct 1, 2019 and reported missing in Jan 2020. Remains were recovered during two operations on April 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026, and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory confirmed the ID, so the missing-person case has been reclassified as a homicide investigation.

Ronald Deon Washington, also known to some as Big Ron, was last seen on October 1, 2019, in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 44 at the time and described as a Black male between 6 feet 4 inches and 6 feet 5 inches tall, weighing between 280 and 300 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Concern grew after his disappearance but the circumstances of his last known whereabouts remain unclear.

A significant and puzzling detail in this case is the delay between his last sighting and the official missing person report. Washington was not reported to the Reidsville Police Department until January 22, 2020, creating a gap of more than three months that investigators say has complicated efforts to reconstruct his movements in late 2019. The Reidsville Police Department opened the investigation under case number 2020-000333, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is listed as involved.

No public information has been released about specific leads, persons of interest, or evidence explaining his disappearance, and the investigation remains ongoing. Does anyone have information about Ronald Washington’s whereabouts or contacts in Reidsville during October through December 2019?