Missing Person

Ronnie Harris

Ronnie Bernard Harris, 29, disappeared during a 2006 trip from the Lowndes County area to Montgomery. His Acura was later found abandoned in Montgomery with blood in the trunk, and NamUs says foul play is suspected. The federal database lists the case as open and unresolved.

Incident date: 2006-04-05 or 2006-04-06
Location: Montgomery, Lowndes County
Independent sources: 2

The record

Ronnie Bernard Harris, 29, remains listed in the U.S. Department of Justice’s NamUs database as the subject of an open, unresolved missing-person case.1

NamUs says Harris was last seen April 5, 2006, while traveling from the Selma area to Montgomery. The record also says he left his mother’s home in the Collerene community at about 3 a.m., but separately states that he called his cousin around midnight April 6 and said he planned to drive from Collirene to the cousin’s Montgomery home. He never arrived.1 Those differing dates and spellings appear in the same record and should be clarified before publication.

Harris was driving a gray, two-door 1992 Acura Integra with Alabama tag CR 1428, according to NamUs. The car was found abandoned several days later on Ridgecrest Street near Davis Elementary School in Montgomery, with blood in its trunk.1 NamUs states that foul play is suspected and identifies the Montgomery Police Department as the primary investigating agency.1

A missing-person report was filed April 7, 2006, according to the federal record.1 NamUs also says Harris worked as a barber at Master Cuts in Eastdale Mall and that failing to report to work was out of character for him.1

In an April 2024 interview with WAKA, Harris’s mother said he received a telephone call, left home for Montgomery and was not seen or heard from again.2 She described him as kind and helpful and said she continued to hope he would be found alive.2

WAKA characterized the matter as an investigation involving two counties and directed people with information to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office.2 NamUs, however, lists Montgomery police as the primary agency.1

The supplied NamUs record lists the case as open and unresolved.1

Timeline

2006-04-05 or 2006-04-06Disputed
NamUs gives conflicting chronology: it says Harris was last seen April 5, but also says he called his cousin around midnight April 6 before planning to drive to Montgomery.
A few days after disappearanceConfirmed
Harris’s Acura was found abandoned on Ridgecrest Street near Davis Elementary School in Montgomery, with blood in the trunk.
April 7, 2006Confirmed
A missing-person report was filed.
April 8, 2024Reported
WAKA reported that Harris’s mother continued to hope for his safe return and described the matter as an investigation involving two counties.

Documented claims

Ronnie Bernard Harris was 29 when he disappeared, and NamUs lists his missing-person case as open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://www.waka.com/2024/04/08/lowndes-co-woman-clings-to-hope-in-missing-persons-cold-case/
NamUs says Harris was last seen April 5, 2006, en route from the Selma area to Montgomery, but the same record says he called his cousin around midnight April 6 and then planned to drive from Collirene to Montgomery; the precise last-contact date is therefore unclear.
Disputed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs uses both “Collerene” and “Collirene” for the community where Harris left his mother’s home.
Disputed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Harris never arrived at his cousin’s home in Montgomery.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://www.waka.com/2024/04/08/lowndes-co-woman-clings-to-hope-in-missing-persons-cold-case/
Harris was driving a gray, two-door 1992 Acura Integra bearing Alabama tag CR 1428.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Harris’s car was found abandoned several days later on Ridgecrest Street near Davis Elementary School in Montgomery, with blood in the trunk.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
A missing-person report was filed April 7, 2006.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs states that foul play is suspected.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs identifies the Montgomery Police Department as the primary investigating agency, while WAKA described an investigation involving two counties and directed tipsters to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office.
Disputed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
Harris worked at Master Cuts in Eastdale Mall, where he cut hair, and NamUs says it was unlike him not to report for work.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice NamUs · Single-source claim.
In 2024, Harris’s mother said he received a telephone call, left home for Montgomery and had not been seen or heard from since.
Reported
Source: WAKA 8 · Single-source claim.
Harris’s mother described him as kind and helpful and said in 2024 that she continued to hope he would be found alive.
Reported
Source: WAKA 8 · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs Missing Person Case MP4654: Ronnie Bernard Harris — U.S. Department of Justice NamUsOpen
Lowndes Co. woman clings to hope in missing persons cold case — WAKA 8Open