Criminal Identification (BCI)

Russell Ralph HANKS

Missing Person Cold Case Tip Hotline: 833-DPS-SAFE (833-377-7233)
Russell Ralph HANKS - Cold Case Photo
  • Date Last Seen: 10/06/2018
  • Gender: Male
  • Height: 5'10"
  • Weight: 125 lbs
  • Ethnicity/Race: White/Caucasian
  • Hair: Gray or partially gray
  • Eyes: Brown
  • NamUs Case Number: MP53443
  • Case #: 18P025195
  • Agency: St. George Police Department
  • type: missing
  • Age when missing: 72

Hanks left his home in the 3500 block of south Pomegranate Way in St. George, Utah on October 6, 2018. Surveillance cameras on neighbors’ properties showed him leaving at 5:36 a.m., carrying a small backpack, and walking towards the desert southwest of town. This is an area where he frequently hikes.

Hanks never came home and has never been heard from again. A search of the area turned up no sign of him and his case remains unsolved.

Please contact the St. George Police Department at 435-627-4300

NamUs – https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/53443

The Charley Project – https://charleyproject.org/case/russell-ralph-hanks