Anthony Allen Potter, known as Tony, was 50 years old when he disappeared from Wahoo, Nebraska, in Saunders County. Public missing-person records identify him as a White/Caucasian man with brown hair and blue eyes, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, with NamUs listing his weight as 225 pounds. His case is listed under NamUs MP60800, and the Wahoo Police Department is the investigating agency. The available public information places his last known contact in late June 2019, with NamUs and several public missing-person notices listing June 29, 2019, while another case summary describes him as last seen on June 28, 2019, walking in Wahoo. This slight difference in reporting appears in public sources, but the central facts remain consistent: Tony disappeared from the Wahoo area and was not heard from again.
The circumstances described publicly are simple, painful, and deeply concerning. Tony reportedly told a friend that he was going to walk to a location in town to meet a homeless woman and child near a creek. After that, no one reported seeing or hearing from him. KETV reported that police said he had been seen walking to a friend’s residence in Wahoo and had not contacted family afterward. At the time he vanished, he was experiencing homelessness, which added urgency and complexity to the search because he may not have had stable shelter, consistent transportation, or predictable places where loved ones and police could check for him. Wahoo police reportedly contacted area homeless shelters in an effort to locate him, but those efforts did not lead to finding him.
Tony’s identifying details were important to the search because he had several recognizable tattoos. Public missing-person listings describe a peace sign tattoo on his right hand, three dots on his left hand, a “For Mom” tattoo on his right forearm, a Yosemite Sam tattoo on his upper right arm, and another unknown tattoo on his left forearm. Some sources also note that he may have had a scar on the back of his head from a healing cut. KETV and iHeart reported that he was last seen wearing jogging pants and a light blue T-shirt, though clothing descriptions can become uncertain over time because a missing person may change clothes after the last confirmed sighting. These details were released so that members of the public, shelters, outreach workers, hospitals, and anyone who may have crossed paths with him could recognize him and report information.
In the days after Tony vanished, there was a possible sighting near Memphis State Park in Memphis, Nebraska, in early July 2019. Public reporting describes that sighting as possible rather than confirmed, and it did not resolve the case. Memphis State Park is outside Wahoo but still within a region where a person traveling on foot, relying on others, or moving between temporary places might plausibly be reported. The possibility gave investigators and the public another area of concern, but available sources do not indicate that Tony was located there. The uncertainty surrounding that possible sighting underscores how difficult missing-person investigations can become when there are few confirmed movements, limited public details, and no clear record of where the person went after the last reliable contact.
Tony’s case remains a story of a man who left on foot in a small Nebraska community and then seemed to vanish from the ordinary paths of daily life. He was a son, a family member, and a person known as Tony, not merely a file number or a physical description. The public record does not offer many details about his life before he disappeared, but it does show that police, relatives, and community members were looking for him and that identifying information was shared in hopes someone would remember seeing him. Anyone with information has been asked in public notices to contact the Wahoo Police Department at 402-443-4155. In overview, Anthony “Tony” Allen Potter was a 50-year-old man last publicly listed as missing from Wahoo, Nebraska, after he reportedly went to meet a woman and child near a creek or was seen walking to a friend’s residence; he was experiencing homelessness at the time, a possible later sighting near Memphis State Park was never confirmed in the public record, and the case has continued to rely on tips, recognition of his tattoos and appearance, and the hope that someone may still know what happened after he walked away in late June 2019.
Last Seen: Jun 29, 2019
