HE WAS BATTLING A TERMINAL ILLNESS: FAMILY BELIEVES MISSING OBX MAN MAY HAVE TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE

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.

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.

Chris Palmer

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

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