Freddie Lee Johnson was 72 years old when he was last seen in Parkin, Arkansas, on the night of December 6, 2018. Publicly available reports place his last known location near the Valero gas station on U.S. Highway 64, with THV11 reporting the location as 5665 US HWY 64 and the time as approximately 10:00 p.m. That location became the central point of the initial search effort, a place where an ordinary evening turned into the beginning of a deeply troubling disappearance.
Johnson was described as a Black man, 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and short black and gray hair. He was last reported wearing a skull cap, a black jacket, and faded blue jeans.
In the days after he was last seen, authorities issued a Silver Alert for Johnson, reflecting concern for his safety and the urgency of locating him. The alert was activated by law enforcement in Parkin, and public notices asked anyone with information to contact the Parkin Police Department. The details released at the time were spare but important: his age, his clothing, his physical description, and the place where he had last been known to be. The Charley Project later classified Johnson as endangered missing and noted that he had never been heard from again after December 6, 2018. It also recorded that he was known by the nickname “Freddie Cat,” a personal detail that speaks to the fact that he was not simply a case file, but a man known in his community and remembered by those who cared about him.
Very little has been made public about the exact circumstances surrounding Johnson’s disappearance. Available online sources do not describe where he may have been headed, whether he was alone, whether he had a vehicle, or what may have happened after he was last seen near Highway 64. That lack of detail can be especially painful in a missing person case, because it leaves loved ones and the public with only fragments: a date, a time, a gas station, a set of clothes, and a man who vanished without a clear explanation. The public record does not provide a confirmed resolution indicating that Johnson was found alive or deceased, and the available sources continue to describe him as missing.
Johnson’s case remains defined by both its urgency and its silence. A 72-year-old man disappeared from a small Arkansas community late at night, near a recognizable roadside location, and the information released afterward focused on the hope that someone had seen something that could help bring answers. The Parkin Police Department was listed as the investigating agency, and public appeals directed tips to that department at 870-755-5491. In overview, Freddie Lee Johnson, also known as Freddie Cat, was last seen on December 6, 2018, near the Valero gas station on U.S. Highway 64 in Parkin, Arkansas; he was 72 years old, wearing a skull cap, black jacket, and faded blue jeans, and despite the Silver Alert and public notices that followed, few details have been released and he has not been heard from since.Last Seen: Dec 6, 2018
