Russel Marcus Chestang, 33, was last known to be in the Prichard, Alabama area on May 28, 2021. Highway 45 and at or near The Barn in the Prichard/Kushla area during the early morning hours, last seen around 5:30 to 6:00 a.m. He was reported wearing a sleeveless or cut-off-sleeve T-shirt bearing Reed’s Tree Service or Reeds Tree Service, blue jeans, work boots, and carrying a blue-and-black backpack.

Descriptions list him as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall and 140 to 180 pounds, with tattoos on both arms (including a marijuana leaf and a University of Alabama A logo), part of the right earlobe missing, a metal plate in his jaw, and a metal rod in his upper left leg from prior crash injuries. Prichard police issued a missing-person alert in June 2021; family and public notices described searches by law enforcement and volunteers and mentioned a reward offered for information. His last direction of travel is reported as unknown.

If anyone saw Russel in the Prichard or Kushla area on May 28, 2021, or has information about his backpack or where he might have gone that morning, please come forward.