Zachary Wade Jr Missing Person Case

On October 7, 2025, 14-year-old Zachary Wayne Wade Jr., a male from Henry County, Virginia, was reported missing after he was last seen leaving the area of Blue Ridge Yacht Club Road on foot. According to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office information reported by WDBJ, Zachary had not returned home after leaving the area, prompting authorities to seek assistance from the public in locating him. He was described as white, with short brown hair and blue/green-hazel eyes, and was reportedly wearing blue jeans, a gray hoodie, and brown cowboy boots when he was last seen. The circumstances initially presented a concerning situation because Zachary was only 14 years old and his whereabouts were unknown after he left on foot.

The search quickly involved the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, which asked anyone who might have information about Zachary’s whereabouts to contact law enforcement. Public reporting identified the area around Blue Ridge Yacht Club Road as the location where he was last seen and emphasized that he had not returned home. The sheriff’s office provided telephone numbers for members of the public who might have information, reflecting an effort to gather information rapidly and determine where the teenager had gone. The available reporting provides little additional information about what occurred immediately before Zachary left the area, why he left, or where he intended to go, and no verified explanation for his disappearance was publicly detailed in the initial reports.

The immediate search was resolved when the Henry County Sheriff’s Office reported on October 8 that Zachary had been found safe in Roanoke. WDBJ reported the development as an update to its original missing-person story, stating that the teenager had been located safely there. This meant that the disappearance reported the previous day had reached a positive outcome, with Zachary located rather than remaining missing. The available public accounts do not provide detailed information about how he traveled from Henry County to Roanoke, who located him, how long he had been there, or the circumstances surrounding his return, and those details should not be inferred beyond what authorities publicly reported.

A later report published October 17 described the Henry County Sheriff’s Office as continuing to search for Zachary and repeated that he had originally been last seen leaving the Blue Ridge Yacht Club Road area on foot. That account said deputies had followed tips and checked locations including Roanoke and North Carolina, while Sheriff Wayne Davis stated that authorities had received reports that acquaintances were helping him avoid being located. However, that later account conflicts with the October 8 report from WDBJ, which specifically identified the Henry County Sheriff’s Office as saying Zachary had been found safe in Roanoke. Because the October 8 report provides a direct update to the original disappearance and clearly states that Zachary was found safe, the available public record supports the conclusion that the October 7 disappearance was resolved positively, while the later reporting is inconsistent and does not clearly establish whether it concerned a separate development or contained outdated information.

Overall, Zachary Wayne Wade Jr.’s October 7, 2025 disappearance began when the 14-year-old was last seen on foot near Blue Ridge Yacht Club Road in Henry County, leading the sheriff’s office to seek public assistance and circulate identifying and clothing information. The following day, authorities reported that he had been found safe in Roanoke, bringing the initial missing-person episode to a reassuring resolution. Although a subsequent report repeated the earlier circumstances and introduced information about an ongoing search, that account conflicts with the documented October 8 report that Zachary had already been located safely. The case is therefore best understood from the available contemporaneous reporting as a short-lived missing-person incident involving a 14-year-old Henry County boy whose whereabouts became unknown after he left on foot and who was subsequently located safe in Roanoke, with the precise circumstances of his absence remaining largely undisclosed in public records.
Last Seen: Oct 7, 2025

Henry County Sheriff's Office searches for missing Zachary Wayne Wade Jr