Fell was last seen in Marrero, Louisiana on June 10, 2011. He was driving his car on River Road between Marrero Road and Klein Road when he lost control of the vehicle, flipped it and landed in a small ditch. Fell was able to climb out the passenger window and he answered a cellular phone call from his brother shortly thereafter. During the conversation he sounded alert and coherent. His brother and the police arrived at the scene of the accident within twenty minutes, but by then Fell was gone, leaving one of his shoes behind. He has never been heard from again.

Fell studied jewelry and metalwork at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He lived in Harvey, Louisiana and was employed as a senior technical advisor for VeriPhone at the time of his disappearance. His family believes he might have suffered memory loss and tried to return to the Savannah, Georgia area, where he had lived for several years before coming back to his home state of Louisiana. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear.