RUSK, Texas (KTRE)- A volunteer search group of almost 40 people came out to the city of Rusk on Saturday to help find a missing 57-year-old Cherokee County man, James David Blount. <\/p>\n
Blount went missing on December 2nd, and there is currently a $30,000 reward for anyone with information about his whereabouts or his stolen car. <\/p>\n
As of now, the Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Heal-Corp, a non-profit based in Florida, have also been assisting in the search for Blount. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s search was organized by true crime creator Nicole Morris, with help from her friend Rachell Long. <\/p>\n
Through her account \u2018true crime nicole\u2019, she has been actively posting and documenting her journey trying to get justice around Blount\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe could be anywhere, you know, that\u2019s why we need more people, more people out here, boots on the ground. The amount of people that wanted to help its like, wow, this is amazing,\u201d Morris explained. <\/p>\n
Search groups looked all around Rusk and surrounding cities today, primarily focusing on wooded, rural areas. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much ground to cover, the more eyes, I mean we just need more people because look. It\u2019s a lot out here,\u201d Long said. <\/p>\n
With Morris\u2019 following, she was able to garner volunteers from Rusk, surrounding cities, and beyond\u2013 full of people who knew and didn\u2019t know him, but all shared one thing in common- a desire to bring justice for Blount and his family. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart hurts for his family, and it\u2019s just why I feel so adamant to keep his name alive and keeping his story alive because I dont feel like it\u2019s enough coverage, I feel like it\u2019s just locals,\u201d Morris said. <\/p>\n
Blount\u2019s friends and town locals described him as a \u201ckind man\u201d, and say he wasn\u2019t the type of person to just walk away. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s why they think there was foul play involved with his disappearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI come out here in the country and see all the woods and all the revenes, and all the water, and he could be anywhere,\u201d Morris said. <\/p>\n
Using Side-by-Sides, drones, and walking on foot, volunteers spent hours working to find him and any evidence that could lead to justice. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have different, two groups, split up. We have one group here, and we have one group in a whole other area, and we\u2019re gonna meet up again and then disperse out again and go to another area to look,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n
Volunteers say they won\u2019t stop searching until Blount is found. <\/p>\n
Anyone with information about Blount and his whereabouts is asked to call the Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n
Morris also said that she will be coming out next weekend, holding another search group. For those interested in getting involved, they can contact her at \u201ctrue crime nicole\u201d on Facebook.<\/p>\n
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