A Florida man has been missing for two weeks in rural California, and his family has now hired a private investigator to find him.
The Trinity County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Jamieson was visiting friends in the area of Burnt Ranch, about 85 miles west of Redding, when he went missing on April 8. The office has conducted multiple search and rescue missions for the 45-year-old Jamieson with no success. Local investigators say Jamieson, who may have been using stimulants, had “expressed concerns about being tracked and may have discarded his phone.”
He ventured out on foot near the small rural town deep in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, leaving behind his phone, vehicle, dog and other personal items.
Weeks into his disappearance without any new leads, his family is offering a reward of $1,000 for information about his whereabouts, according to a post from Redheaded Blackbelt. Although Jamieson set out on foot in a rural area, the reward notice describes him as not a “hiker” and says he “has had a spinal injury, metal braces and often in pain.”
The family also wrote on a GoFundMe that a group of Jamieson’s friends will fly out from Florida to look for him. Jamieson had a young son and was the primary provider for his mother in Florida, the page says.
“This is about bringing Robert home — or at the very least, finding out what has happened to him,” Jamieson’s cousin Lisa Payne wrote in the fundraiser description. “Our family, his friends, and most importantly his young son, are living in unbearable uncertainty. We are heartbroken, and we are desperate for answers.”
Jamieson is described as standing 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds. He was last seen wearing a tan jacket, tan pants, a black shirt, sneakers and a black baseball cap. Anyone with information is asked to call the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office at 530-623-8126.