Jeremiah Steven Erb, 40, was last seen December 26, 2021, in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. A Morgantown police officer had contact with him that day; that is the last confirmed sighting. His mother did not file an official missing persons report until October 3, 2022, nearly ten months later, and that delay has complicated the investigation.

At the time he went missing Erb was known to be living in Westover and was last reported to have been at Jacob’s Ladder, a substance abuse facility; staff there said they last saw him around Christmas 2021. It is believed he may have been homeless, and previous times he left the facility he traveled to Ohio and Wheeling — authorities in those areas were notified after he disappeared.

Erb is described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inch, 180 to 200 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a linear scar on his chest. Anyone with information about Jeremiah Erb’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Westover Police Department at 296-6576 or MECCA 911.