Khayman Welch, 25, went missing from the Weaver’s Needle Vista Viewpoint at milepost 203 on State Route 88 in Arizona on the evening of August 12, 2020. After spending the day working with his uncle, Khayman said he was going to walk toward Weaver’s Needle for a better view and then walked off into the Superstition Mountain wilderness and was never seen or heard from again.

He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black jeans, black combat-style boots, black-framed prescription glasses, and distinctive ear gauges, with full tattoo sleeves on both arms. He had no food, water, or cell phone when he walked away and temperatures that night exceeded 110 degrees. An extensive search and rescue operation used tracker dogs, horses, drones, and helicopters with infrared cameras but found no trace; the official search was called off after about eight days, and the subsequent Superstition Fire restricted volunteer efforts.

Family, friends, and hiking volunteers continued organizing searches for months. Khayman had been struggling with severe depression and anxiety after the pandemic began, and some have suggested he might have become disoriented or mistaken another landmark for Weaver’s Needle. The disappearance remains unresolved.

If anyone was hiking that evening or remembers seeing someone matching Khayman’s description near milepost 203, please share what you know.