Cold Case Files: Disappearance of Scott County man in 2019 leaves a lot of questions officially unanswered

Terry Lee Scroggins

Somewhere along the wooded slopes and winding backroads of Scott County, the name Terry Lee Scroggins still echoes--spoken in hushed tones, carried in prayers, and printed in fading ink on a long-standing missing persons flyer.

For more than six years, one question has remained unanswered: what happened to the man who simply vanished?

Terry Lee Scroggins was last seen in Waldron on March 1, 2019. Sixty-seven years old at the time of reporting, Scroggins was described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He weighed approximately 170 pounds. A long-term case from the outset, his disappearance quickly chilled into a haunting silence.

Despite early efforts, including community outreach and pleas across social media platforms, no substantial leads have emerged.

The Scott County Sheriff’s Department continues to urge anyone with information to come forward by calling (479) 637-4155. Tips, even those that seem minor, could be key in breaking open what many consider one of the county’s most baffling unsolved mysteries.

But details surfaced onlinein 2021 that deepen the mystery and raise unsettling questions.

A 2021 post by the Arkansas Crime Information Center on Facebook drew renewed attention to the case, prompting a public comment from Terry’s daughter, Annie Scroggins.

Her statement suggested that her father was last seen at a jail facility, but no official record confirms he ever left. “Someone should be asking why this is a missing person,” she wrote—implying that institutional oversight may have played a role in the vanishing.

Scroggins is also listed on the Never Forgotten Arkansas website, an initiative developed in partnership with law enforcement to ensure that long-term missing persons don’t fade from memory. Yet even among these digital archives, answers remain scarce.

His family and friends still cling to hope, their voices now a chorus of quiet questioning rather than loud public appeals.