Adam A. Hale was a 39-year-old white male who was last seen in Butler, Missouri, on February 12, 2008. The public missing-person bulletin from the Missouri State Highway Patrol lists his date of last contact as 2/12/2008, and gives his identifying details as male, white, with brown hair and green eyes, standing 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 205 pounds.
On that February day, Adam’s last known location was at the Marias des Cygnes River and the V Highway bridge, where he was reportedly seen with a canoe. That river-and-bridge setting is the final publicly documented point in the known timeline of his disappearance.
The known circumstances are painfully limited. After Adam was last seen in Butler, he was not publicly reported as having been heard from again, and the available case summaries do not provide a detailed sequence of what happened before or after he reached the river area. The Charley Project lists him as missing from Butler, Missouri, and notes that he disappeared on February 12, 2008, with few details available in the case. That lack of public detail has left a quiet and difficult absence around Adam’s story: there is a last known date, a last known place, and a brief description of him with a canoe, but not enough public information to explain where he went or what happened next.
Adam’s case is carried in public records through law-enforcement and missing-person sources rather than through a long public narrative. The Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Clearinghouse bulletin identifies the Bates County Sheriff’s Office as a contact agency and asks anyone with information about Adam Hale’s whereabouts to contact that office. The same bulletin also lists the Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Clearinghouse as a point of contact, underscoring that even years after his disappearance, the available public record centers on the need for information from anyone who may know something about what happened near the Marias des Cygnes River and V Highway bridge.
What remains is the story of a man whose last known moments were recorded in only a few lines: Adam Hale, age 39, last seen in Butler, Missouri, on February 12, 2008; a white male with brown hair and green eyes; last publicly placed at the Marias des Cygnes River and V Highway bridge with a canoe; then no further confirmed public contact. The passage of time has not made the uncertainty easier for those who care about him, and the limited information available makes the case especially stark. In overview, Adam A. Hale’s disappearance is a long-unsolved Missouri missing-person case defined by a specific last-seen location, sparse publicly released circumstances, and an enduring need for information that could finally explain what happened after he was last seen near the river in Butler.Last Seen: Feb 12, 2008
