MUS-2026-0540
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MUS-2026-0540
Missing person
- Incident
- 2008
- Indexed
- Oct 29, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Blount County Sheriff's Department
- Location
- Tallassee TN
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Michael Hearon, 51, drove to his 100-acre Happy Valley farm near Tallassee, Tennessee, on August 23, 2008 to mow. Neighbors saw him leave on his ATV and wave. His keys, phone, money, and gun were left in his truck, and the ATV was found abandoned in an uncharacteristic spot about a mile away. He has never been found and no one has been charged in his disappearance.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2008
On August 23, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., neighbors see Hearon leave his Bell Branch Road home on his ATV and wave.
- 2008
On August 24 to 25, 2008, his family finds his truck still parked at the end of the road with the lawn unmowed, and notifies police.
- 2008
On August 26, 2008, the ATV is found abandoned about a mile away, parked in high gear on a steep hill with the ignition left on.
Key people
The people in the file.
51. Last seen August 23, 2008 leaving his Bell Branch Road home on a green Yamaha Wolverine ATV.
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Investigating agency
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