Brett Michael Akers, 28, disappeared from Norfolk, Virginia in the summer of 2020 after a hospital stay for a suicide attempt. He was admitted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital on June 30, 2020 against his will for a self-inflicted neck injury and left the facility without discharge the next day. Police located him and returned him to the hospital, but Brett left again and was last seen on July 1, 2020 on surveillance video at about 4:30 p.m. behind Fort Norfolk Plaza near Plum Point Park. In the footage he wore blue surgical scrubs and yellow hospital socks, no shoes, and was seen heading toward the Elizabeth River Trail. His matching blue scrub top was later found in a nearby parking garage.

Brett is described as a white male, about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet 1 inch tall, 150 to 165 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, contact lenses and a beard at the time he disappeared. His family says he was an avid outdoorsman and they have offered a reward for credible information. The case remains an unsolved endangered missing person investigation.

If anyone saw Brett near Fort Norfolk Plaza or Plum Point Park on July 1, 2020, or has information about his movements after he left the hospital, please come forward.