Officials track missing man
Posted/updated on: March 14, 2026 at 6:14 pm
RUSK – The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Rangers and HEAL Corp are conducting another search for Rusk missing man James David Blount. According to our news partner KETK, Blount was last seen near his residence on Dec. 2, 2025, more than 90 days ago. The 57-year-old white man is around 5-feet-9-inches tall, weighs about 200 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes. His vehicle was later found abandoned on U.S. Highway 84 at the Neches River.
The sheriff’s office is searching the woods behind Blount’s house and workshop on Highway 84. Officials are searching this area more thoroughly Friday and Saturday in order to rule out the area immediately surrounding Blount’s home.
HEAL Corp is helping at the scene with drones, dogs and divers in order to search the wooded area as thoroughly as possible. Cherokee County Sheriff Brent Dickson is asking anyone who’s seen anything or heard anything about Blount’s to come forward to his office.
According to Cherokee County Sheriff Dickson, the search will continue in that area on Saturday with the help of the ALERT Academy from Longview. Anyone with information about Blount’s disappearance is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 903-683-2271.
