Missing Person

Preston Peeks

Preston Chase Peeks, 31, left his residence in Reform on foot on February 15, 2021, and did not return. NamUs lists his case as open and unresolved, with the Reform Police Department as the primary investigating agency.

Incident date: February 15, 2021
Location: Reform, Pickens County
Independent sources: 2

The record

Preston Chase Peeks was 31 when he disappeared from Reform on Feb. 15, 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s NamUs database and ABC 33/40 12.

NamUs says Peeks left his residence on foot and did not return. He was wearing a blue-and-white Nike wind suit and black shoes. His direction of travel was unknown 1. The database lists the Reform Police Department as the primary investigating agency and identifies the case as open and unresolved 1.

In June 2022, Peeks’ mother, Paige Fields, told ABC 33/40 that her son had never gone longer than a week without contacting her. She said the family did not know what happened to him and believed he was dead 2. No official determination of his fate appears in the supplied NamUs record.

Fields also told the station that Peeks had struggled with addiction, which she believed may have contributed to his disappearance. At the time of the report, she was offering a $6,000 reward for information that could lead her to her son 2.

The news report directed people with information to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office 2. NamUs identifies the Reform Police Department as the primary investigating agency 1.

Timeline

February 15, 2021Confirmed
Preston Chase Peeks left his residence in Reform on foot and did not return. He was wearing a blue-and-white Nike wind suit and black shoes; his direction of travel was unknown.
June 1, 2022Reported
ABC 33/40 reported that Peeks’ mother was seeking information and offering a $6,000 reward.

Documented claims

Preston Chase Peeks was 31 when he disappeared.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://abc3340.com/news/local/we-dont-have-a-grave-to-visit-pickens-county-mother-desperate-to-find-missing-son-murddr-crime-drug-addiction-love-family-police-sheriff-reform
Peeks disappeared from Reform on February 15, 2021.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://abc3340.com/news/local/we-dont-have-a-grave-to-visit-pickens-county-mother-desperate-to-find-missing-son-murddr-crime-drug-addiction-love-family-police-sheriff-reform
Peeks left his residence on foot and did not return.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Peeks was last seen wearing a blue-and-white Nike wind suit and black shoes.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
His direction of travel was unknown.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs lists the case as open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
The Reform Police Department is the primary investigating agency.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Peeks’ mother, Paige Fields, said he had never gone more than a week without contacting her.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.
Fields said the family did not know what happened to Peeks and believed he was dead; the supplied official record does not establish his fate.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.
Fields said Peeks struggled with addiction, which she believed may have contributed to his disappearance.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.
Fields was offering a $6,000 reward for information leading her to her son as of June 2022.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.
ABC 33/40 directed people with information to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
Reported
Source: ABC 33/40 · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs Missing Person Case MP85928 — Preston Chase Peeks — U.S. Department of Justice NamUsOpen
'We don't have a grave to visit': Pickens County mother desperate to find missing son — ABC 33/40Open