On August 7, 2021, Matthew Wayne Connally was last seen in Atlanta, Georgia, after leaving St. Jude's Recovery Center, a facility where he was seeking treatment for drug addiction. Following his departure from the center located near Pine Street and Piedmont Avenue, Matthew made a phone call to his mother. Using a borrowed cell phone, he told her he was at a nearby bus stop on Piedmont Road and asked if she would contact the recovery center on his behalf to arrange for him to pick up his personal belongings the following day. However, Matthew never returned to St. Jude's to retrieve his items and has not been seen or heard from since that day. His family has been relentlessly searching for him, checking shelters and morgues, but there have been no confirmed sightings.
At the time he went missing, Matthew was 39 years old, described as a white male, standing 6'2' tall and weighing around 170 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. His appearance is distinguished by numerous tattoos. These include a woman's face with glasses that nearly covers his right forearm, a crying, bearded man's face on his right upper arm, and the Bible verse Psalm 51:1-2 on his bicep. Additionally, he has 'laugh now/cry later' masks on each shoulder, the phrase 'every saint has a past every sinner has a future' across his upper chest, and a quote on the right side of his torso that reads, 'is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream.' Matthew is the nephew of former Douglas County Sheriff and County Commission Chairman, Phil Miller, and a father to a young son.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is handling the investigation into his disappearance. Despite the passage of time, his family continues to hold out hope and has made public pleas for any information that might lead to his whereabouts. They emphasize that every missing person is important and urge anyone with knowledge of the case to come forward. The case of Matthew Connally is a story of a man who was taking steps to address his struggles with addiction before he vanished. His last known communication was a simple request to his mother, a plan to retrieve his belongings that was never fulfilled, leaving his family with unanswered questions and an ongoing search for a son, father, and nephew who disappeared after walking away from a place of help.
Last Seen: Aug 07, 2021
