Matthew Manson was last seen at a Fourth of July cookout with his family in Mayflower, Arkansas, in 2016 and has not been seen since. More than a decade later, the Mayflower Police Department is asking the public to come forward with any information that could help solve his cold-case disappearance.
According to THV11, Manson is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and about 200 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. The outlet reports that, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, known as NamUs, Manson lived a transient lifestyle in and around Little Rock before he disappeared. The NamUs case file, listed under case number MP52664, lists his date of last contact as July 4, 2016.
A Holiday Gathering, Then Silence
The Charley Project, a database that tracks cold missing persons cases, says Manson was last seen at an Independence Day cookout with his family in Mayflower on July 4, 2016. The same source notes that Manson had disappeared before, sometimes for months at a stretch, but had never stayed gone this long. As the Charley Project puts it, “He has disappeared before for several months at a time, but he's never been gone for this long.”
Manson had disappeared before, sometimes for months at a stretch. A holiday cookout, surrounded by family, is an ordinary, almost mundane backdrop for what has become a years-long mystery with no resolution in sight.
How To Submit A Tip
The Mayflower Police Department allows anonymous tips in the case and is asking anyone with information about Manson's whereabouts to call 501-470-1000 or submit a tip through its website. The department is asking for help while the case remains open, with no new details about leads or his current whereabouts made public.
