Brandon Lee Sandoval, 33, was last seen in the early morning of September 3, 2017, leaving his parents’ home in Coppermine on the Navajo Nation in Arizona at about 4:30 a.m. He told his mother he was heading toward Phoenix and then planned to travel to Torreon, New Mexico. He was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and work boots.

Brandon is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, described as a Native American male with dark brown hair and brown eyes, standing between 5 feet 10 inches and 5 feet 11 inches and weighing 195 to 207 pounds. Distinctive tattoos include the name Sandoval on the right side of his neck, red lips on the left side, the letters NP between his shoulders, a long-haired woman on his upper left arm, and the names Bennie and Adrian on his left forearm. Family reports say he had been acting paranoid before he left and told them drug cartels were after him; he gave no reason.

Brandon had been out of touch before but normally kept contact with family; his mother filed a missing person report after two months with no word. The Navajo Nation Police Department, Tuba City District, is handling the investigation and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Brandon, saw him after September 3, 2017, or has information about his planned travel, please come forward.