Eric Dale Mansell was a 30-year-old male when he was last seen on September 1, 2021, in the Florence, Alabama area. Public missing-person records identify him as a White male with red or auburn hair and green eyes, standing approximately 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 2 inches tall, with reported weight estimates ranging from about 190 to 260 pounds. The available public descriptions also note a distinctive tribal-band tattoo around his bicep, a personal feature that could be important to anyone
who may have seen him around the time he disappeared or in the years since.
The known public timeline is brief and painful in its uncertainty. Eric was last known to have contact on September 1, 2021, and the central fact repeated across public sources is that he has not been heard from since. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s public alert states that he was last seen in the Florence, Alabama area and that his direction of travel was unknown, leaving investigators and loved ones without a clear starting point for where he may have gone or what circumstances surrounded his disappearance.
Eric’s case was entered into NamUs as Missing Person case MP88913, identifying him by his full name, Eric Dale Mansell, and listing Florence, Alabama, as the missing-from location with a date of last contact of September 1, 2021. NamUs serves as a national clearinghouse for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, which means Eric’s information is available in a system intended to assist law enforcement, investigators, and families searching for answers. His case is associated publicly with the Florence Police Department, and the public alert asks anyone with information about Eric Mansell’s whereabouts to contact Florence police.
What makes Eric’s disappearance especially difficult is the lack of publicly released detail about the moments before he vanished. There is no publicly available account in the sources reviewed describing who last saw him, what he was wearing, whether he was traveling by vehicle or on foot, or what plans he may have had that day. In the absence of those details, the case remains centered on the few facts that have been made public: Eric was 30 years old, he was last seen in the Florence area on September 1, 2021, his direction of travel was unknown, and he has not been publicly reported as heard from afterward.
For those who knew Eric, the public record represents only a small part of a much larger human story. A missing person is not defined by a case number or a physical description; he is someone whose absence leaves unanswered questions and a lasting ache for the people who care about him. Eric’s red hair, green eyes, and bicep tattoo are not just identifying details, but reminders that even one memory, one sighting, or one overlooked piece of information could matter. In overview, Eric Dale Mansell’s case began with his disappearance from the Florence, Alabama area on September 1, 2021, when he was 30 years old; public sources say his direction of travel was unknown and that he has not been heard from since, leaving the case dependent on any information that may help clarify what happened to him after that day.Last Seen: Sep 1, 2021
