William Bruce Adams III, also known as Will, was 16 years old when he was last seen in Henderson, Kentucky, on March 12, 2017. Public missing-person records identify him as a White/Caucasian male, and NamUs lists his case as Missing Person / NamUs #MP41165, with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children case number 1294536. The known public timeline is brief and painful in its silence: Will was last seen that March day in Henderson, a city in Henderson County along the Ohio
River, and the publicly available summaries do not describe what he was doing beforehand, who last saw him, whether he left on foot or by vehicle, or what circumstances led to the missing-person report. The absence of those details leaves the case defined by a single confirmed point in time, the day Will vanished from public view.
At the time he disappeared, Will was described as having brown hair and brown eyes. Public listings give his weight as approximately 140 pounds, while height information varies by source: Uncovered lists his height as 63 inches, or about 5 feet 3 inches, while the International Missing Persons Wiki gives a broader range of 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 7 inches. One publicly noted identifying feature is a tattoo reading “Family” on his arm. No clothing description, travel route, known destination, or vehicle information appears in the public summaries reviewed, which makes the physical description especially important for anyone who may remember seeing him around the time he disappeared or who may have encountered him afterward under the name Will or William.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is listed in the available case data as the investigating agency, and NamUs remains one of the central public records for Will’s disappearance. Uncovered’s case page repeats the core known facts from NamUs: his name, Henderson as the missing-from location, March 12, 2017 as the date missing, age 16 at the time, NamUs number MP41165, race, gender, height, weight, and brown hair. The public record does not provide a detailed narrative of the hours before his disappearance, nor does it identify a publicly confirmed explanation for why he went missing. Because of that, the case stands as one where the smallest reliable memory could matter: a sighting, a conversation, a location, or any detail that helps fill the gap between Will’s last known contact and the years that followed.
In the years since March 12, 2017, Will’s case has continued to appear in missing-person databases and public awareness listings, including NamUs, Uncovered, MissingIn.org search results, and the International Missing Persons Wiki. Those sources largely repeat the same limited facts rather than adding a deeper account of what happened, which suggests that little public information has been released beyond his identity, date and place last seen, physical description, and associated case numbers. The result is a case with a clear beginning but no publicly explained next chapter: William Bruce “Will” Adams III was a 16-year-old boy from Henderson, Kentucky, last seen on March 12, 2017; he was described as a White male with brown hair and brown eyes, about 140 pounds, with a “Family” tattoo on his arm; his case is associated with NamUs MP41165 and NCMEC 1294536; and the public overview remains that he disappeared from Henderson with very few details released about the circumstances, leaving his loved ones and investigators dependent on any information that may still come forward.Last Seen: Mar 12, 2017
