Chandler Smith, 22, vanished from Aiken, South Carolina, on October 22, 2020. He was last seen on Wire Road shortly after being released from the Aiken County Detention Center. A taxi driver confirmed Chandler was in the detention center parking lot, but before leaving Chandler was approached by three men in a red Mitsubishi sedan — described as a slim African-American man and two Hispanic men. Witnesses saw Chandler decline the taxi and get into the red sedan; the vehicle then drove away and he has not been seen since.

At the time Chandler was 5 feet 9 inches, about 185 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and a tattoo reading CAROLINA BOY with an outline of South Carolina. He was wearing black NASA sweatpants, a plain white t-shirt, a bluish-grey jacket, Nike shoes, and a camouflage Mossy Oak hat. His family reported him missing after he failed to contact them; his mother had last seen him the day before.

By March 2021 the missing person case had been reclassified as a homicide investigation after Chandler’s blood was discovered inside a residence on Tundra Trail in Aiken County. Chandler’s remains have not been located.

If anyone knew Chandler, saw him on October 22, 2020, or has information about the red Mitsubishi or the men seen with him, please come forward with what was observed.