Missing
Jeffrey Wayne Nelson
Nelson, approximately 2009
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/10/2009
Missing location (approx) :
Berwick, Louisiana
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 01/16/1963 (58)
Age at the time of disappearance: 46 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 140 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Nelson has a scar on his forehead, a tattoo of a dragon on his shoulder and a tattoo of his last name "Nelson" on his upper left arm.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Nelson was last seen in Berwick, Louisiana on September 10, 2009. Police tried to stop him for reckless driving along Highway 90 in Bayou Vista, but he resisted arrest and then ran away. He has never been heard from again. His truck was found abandoned at a Berwick shipyard, with his eyeglasses and cellular phone inside it.
Nelson had warrants out for his arrest for resisting arrest, failure to yield and possession of drug paraphernalia. Prior to his disappearance, he had struggled with alcoholism and depression and had threatened to commit suicide. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office
985-384-1622
September 2021 updates and sources
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
KATC 3
October 12, 2004. May 9, 2017; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
