Hale was last seen at a bar in Fenton, Missouri on March 17, 2007. He was there with an acquaintance he had met for the first time that day. He has never been heard from again. Hale was driving his sister's vehicle at the time of his disappearance; it was later found abandoned at the bus station. He had mentioned wanting to go to San Francisco, California, where his mother and other relatives lived. He did in fact purchase a bus ticket to San Francisco, but he never made contact with his family in either California or Missouri. His disappearance remains unsolved.