Jerel Ricky Faught Jr., a 42-year-old white male, was last seen in Nevada, Missouri, on January 1, 2024, and the public record of his disappearance begins with that spare but painful fact: he vanished from ordinary life, leaving behind a case with very few publicly released details. The Charley Project lists him as missing from Nevada, Missouri, classifies the case as “Missing,” and states that he has not been heard from again since that date.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Clearinghouse bulletin also identifies him as a missing adult, gives the same date of last contact, and places the official “missing from” location as El Dorado Springs, Missouri, showing that public materials connect his disappearance to southwest Missouri and to Vernon County law enforcement.
The available identifying information is concise but important for anyone who may remember seeing him or who may come across information later. Faught was born on October 13, 1981, and was 42 years old at the time he disappeared. He is described as a white male with brown hair and blue eyes, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 155 pounds. Public case information notes distinguishing scars on his left eyebrow and right cheek, details that may matter because missing person cases often depend on small, specific identifiers that help separate one possible sighting from another.
What makes this case especially difficult is the lack of a publicly described sequence of events. The Charley Project states only that Faught was last seen in Nevada on January 1, 2024, and that few details are available. The Missouri State Highway Patrol bulletin gives the date of last contact as January 1, 2024, but does not provide a narrative explaining where he was going, whom he was with, what he may have been wearing, whether he had transportation, or what circumstances led to concern for his safety. Because of that, the public record does not establish a detailed timeline beyond the last-contact date and the locations listed by the missing-person sources.
Public records connected to the case also note that Faught had prior registry-related information. The Charley Project reports that he had been convicted of sexual abuse of a 25-year-old woman in 2007 and was required to register as a sex offender, while Missouri State Highway Patrol registry material identifies him as “Absconder Noncompliant” and lists aliases associated with his name. Those details are part of the public record, but they do not answer the central question of where he went after January 1, 2024. In a missing person case, even limited and complicated public information still points back to the same human reality: a man disappeared, people may have answers, and the case depends on anyone with credible information coming forward.
The investigation is associated with the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, which the public bulletin lists as the contact agency at 417-283-4400, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Clearinghouse is also listed with contact information for missing-person tips. As of the online sources reviewed, Faught remains publicly listed as missing, with no publicly provided resolution in the cited case materials. In overview, Jerel Ricky Faught Jr.’s case is a sparse and unresolved missing adult case from southwest Missouri: he was 42, male, last seen on January 1, 2024, publicly associated with Nevada and El Dorado Springs, Missouri, described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 155 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes, and facial scars, and the known public record offers very little beyond his last contact date, his identifying details, and the request that anyone with information contact Vernon County authorities.Last Seen: Jan 1, 2024
