Jordan Dustin Leigh Knott was a 28-year-old man who was last seen in Salome, Arizona, on June 24, 2018. Jordan, who was also known by the nickname “Jay,” disappeared while traveling with his 53-year-old mother, Lachelle Knott. According to published missing-person information, the two left Salome at approximately 4:30 p.m. that afternoon and were headed toward Alamo Lake State Park, where they intended to spend two or three days camping.
They were traveling in a Ford Ranger that was pulling a black trailer carrying a black Honda four-wheeler, and two dogs accompanied them on the trip. What began as a relatively short camping excursion became a troubling disappearance when Jordan and his mother failed to return or make further contact with those who knew them.
The planned destination was significant because investigators were eventually able to locate the property the pair had taken with them. The Ford Ranger, the trailer, and the Honda ATV were later found at Alamo Lake State Park, confirming that Jordan and Lachelle had apparently reached the area they intended to visit. Finding the vehicle and recreational equipment, however, did not provide an immediate explanation for what had happened to either of them. Published case information states that neither Jordan nor his mother was heard from again after leaving Salome, and their disappearances were classified as endangered missing-person cases. The available public record provides few details about the search itself, including whether the dogs were found, what belongings remained with the vehicle, whether there were indications the pair had left the campground on foot or by another means, or what areas surrounding the park were searched. The La Paz County Sheriff’s Office was identified as the investigating law-enforcement agency.
At the time he disappeared, Jordan was described as approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 150 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He had a scar on his neck and several distinctive tattoos that could have assisted investigators in identifying him: a Playboy bunny tattoo on the right side of his chest, a scorpion on the left side of his chest, and the name “Ryland” tattooed on his forearm. His mother was described separately as approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall and 150 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. These identifying characteristics became especially important because the central mystery was not whether the mother and son had reached the general Alamo Lake area—the discovery of their Ford Ranger, trailer, and ATV strongly established that connection—but what happened after their arrival. With both people missing from the same trip and their transportation left behind, there was no ordinary explanation in the publicly available case material for why they had suddenly disappeared together.
The public information surrounding Jordan’s case is unusually limited, and later records create an important development beyond the original missing-person reports. A funeral-home record for Jordan Knott, matching his November 6, 1989 birth date, states that he died on September 5, 2018 and was under the care of Parker Funeral Home in Parker, Arizona. That record indicates that Jordan was ultimately confirmed deceased, although the publicly accessible sources reviewed do not explain where he was located, how his remains were identified, what circumstances led to his recovery, or the cause and manner of his death. The surviving online missing-person case page still preserves the earlier account of Jordan and Lachelle vanishing during their camping trip and provides no explanation for the later death information. As a result, the known story remains one of a 28-year-old son and his mother leaving Salome for a brief camping trip, apparently reaching Alamo Lake State Park, and then disappearing after their vehicle, trailer, and ATV were left behind. Jordan was later recorded as deceased, but the publicly available record leaves unanswered the most important questions about what occurred at or near Alamo Lake, how his disappearance ended, and what ultimately happened during the trip that began on June 24, 2018.Last Seen: Jun 24, 2018
