URGENT: THE FINAL SEARCH — Police mobilize more than 30 local residents to look for Chris Palmer before tragedy struck.

More than 30 locals in the Outer Banks joined the search for 39-year-old Christopher Lee Palmer in the Buxton area on Friday. Palmer’s truck was discovered abandoned on the beach between Ramp 43 and Ramp 44 on January 12. Despite the vehicle being found on the shoreline, authorities expanded the search deep inland — into dense, treacherous terrain where visibility is low and danger is high.

FOUR DAYS.
A full four days passed between the moment the truck was found and the moment Chris Palmer was officially reported missing.

And now, authorities say Chris and his dog may still be in the area. 😐

How does a truck get left on a beach… with no driver… and no immediate missing-person alert?
How does that not trigger every alarm imaginable?
And why did this only become “urgent” after social media started asking questions?

Search for missing Chris Palmer hit with worrying new deadline as teams beg for help to find hiker who vanished with dog

DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – The father of a missing Arkansas man who was last seen on the Outer Banks believes his son committed suicide because of a terminal illness.

Search for missing Chris Palmer hit with worrying new deadline as teams beg for help to find hiker who vanished with dog

Chris Palmer was declared missing by Arkansas authorities on January 16th after rangers found his truck abandoned on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on January 12th.

Officials say a blue and white kayak was seen in the back of Palmer’s truck in the surveillance video, but it was not found when rangers located the vehicle.

In a social media post this evening, Bren Palmer says they recently learned that the 39-year-old man was facing a terminal illness.

“Christopher loved the outdoors and valued his independence,” the father wrote. “The treatments ahead would have taken much of that away, and he did not want that future for himself.”

Bren Palmer said personal belongings of his son were found along the coastline. and they believe he perished in the ocean.

The family has asked that all active searches for Palmer be ended.