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Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP119240) and 3 other sources
Robert Jason Jones was 41 years old when he was reported missing from the Fultondale, Alabama area, with his last known contact listed as February 4, 2022. Public missing-person listings identify him as a White/Caucasian male with brown hair and blue eyes, standing about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing approximately 170 pounds. His NamUs case is listed as MP119240, and a public missing-person index connected to NamUs places him in Fultondale on February 4, 2022.

The known circumstances point to a narrow and troubling window in early February 2022. Available case information states that Robert was last seen sometime between February 4 and February 6 at the Econo Lodge hotel on Highway 31 in Fultondale. That setting became the last publicly identified place where he was believed to have been seen, leaving investigators and loved ones with only a limited timeline to follow. Days later, another important detail emerged: his cell phone was reportedly sold on February 11, 2022, at a kiosk inside a Walmart in Irondale, Alabama. That phone transaction, occurring after the last known sighting and in a different city, remains one of the most significant publicly known pieces of the case.

At the time he was last seen, Robert was described as wearing a long-sleeve baby blue and white vertically striped button-down dress shirt, with stripes about a quarter-inch wide, over a plain white short-sleeved T-shirt or possibly a tank top. He was also reportedly wearing lightly faded blue jeans, a black leather belt with a silver buckle, white Nike tennis shoes with a black Nike swoosh on the side, and a navy blue toboggan. These details matter because clothing can become one of the most immediate ways for witnesses to recall seeing someone, especially in a case where the confirmed timeline is limited and the last known location appears to have been a hotel along a busy roadway.

Robert’s physical description adds more identifying detail for anyone who may have seen him around Fultondale, Irondale, or the surrounding Jefferson County area. In addition to his height, weight, hair color, and eye color, he was noted as having a right eye that was weak and sunken in. That distinctive feature could be especially important to the public, because it may help separate a vague memory of a man seen in passing from a more confident recollection. Public listings continue to associate the case with NamUs number MP119240, and the absence of a listed “Alive” or “Deceased” resolution status in the provided case data means there is no public resolution to state here.

The Gardendale Police Department is listed in the case data as the investigating agency, and the department’s public website identifies it as the local police agency serving Gardendale, with contact information posted through the city’s official site. The department’s page says its mission includes safeguarding lives and property, reducing crime and fear of crime, and enhancing public safety, and it lists the police department address as 1309 Decatur Highway in Gardendale, Alabama.

Robert Jones’s disappearance is a case built around a small number of publicly known facts: a 41-year-old man last known to be in Fultondale in early February 2022, a hotel on Highway 31, a later report involving his phone being sold at an Irondale Walmart kiosk, and a physical and clothing description that may still help someone remember seeing him. The exact sequence of events after he was last seen remains unclear from public information, and that uncertainty is what makes the case so painful for those who care about him. In overview, Robert Jason Jones was last connected to Fultondale, Alabama, his case is listed in NamUs as MP119240, he was described as 6 feet 2 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes, and the central unanswered question remains what happened to him after the last known sightings and the later movement of his cell phone.

Last Seen: Feb 4, 2022