Missing Person

Scott Key

Scott Allen Key was last seen in Oakman on April 25, 2009. NamUs lists his Walker County missing-person case as open. In 2020, investigators pursued a reported DNA comparison involving unidentified remains found in Ramer in 2009, but the supplied sources provide no result.

Incident date: April 25, 2009
Location: Oakman, Walker County
Independent sources: 2

The record

Scott Allen Key was last seen in Oakman on April 25, 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. NamUs lists Key as 45 years old at the time and identifies the Walker County Sheriff’s Office as the investigating agency. His missing-person case, MP23660, remains open and unresolved. 1

A 2020 Montgomery Advertiser report, citing a Walker County Sheriff’s Office release, gave Key’s age as 44 and described him as an Oakman resident who was last seen in April 2009. The difference between that account and the age listed by NamUs has not been resolved in the supplied records. 12

According to the Advertiser, authorities examined whether unidentified skeletal remains found in Ramer, in Montgomery County, could be Key’s. The newspaper reported that the remains were discovered the day before Thanksgiving in 2009, about seven months after Key disappeared, and that the man had a gunshot wound to the skull. Clothing found with the remains reportedly included a size 2XL blue coat and bluish-gray Brahma boots. 2

The possible connection emerged in May 2020 after the Doe Network, a nonprofit organization, alerted the Walker County Sheriff’s Office to similarities between the cases, the Advertiser reported. Walker County investigators then contacted Montgomery County investigators and Key’s son, from whom a DNA sample was obtained for comparison. The samples were sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and NamUs, according to the newspaper’s account of the sheriff’s office release. 2

The supplied sources do not report the result of that comparison. NamUs continues to classify Key’s case as open and unresolved. 1

Anyone with information about Key’s whereabouts should contact the Walker County Sheriff’s Office through its current publicly listed channels. 1

Timeline

April 25, 2009Confirmed
Scott Allen Key was last seen in Oakman, Alabama.
November 25, 2009Reported
Near-skeletal remains of an unidentified man were reportedly found in Ramer, Montgomery County, the day before Thanksgiving.
May 2020Reported
The Doe Network reportedly alerted the Walker County Sheriff's Office to similarities between Key's case and the Ramer unidentified-remains case.
May 2020Reported
Investigators reportedly obtained a DNA sample from Key's son and submitted samples to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and NamUs for comparison.
Current in supplied NamUs recordConfirmed
NamUs lists MP23660 as open and unresolved.

Documented claims

Scott Allen Key was last seen in Oakman, Alabama, on April 25, 2009.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/05/11/skeletal-remains-found-montgomery-county-2009-may-missing-walker-county-man/3111802001/
NamUs lists Key as 45 at the time of the incident, while the Montgomery Advertiser, citing a Walker County Sheriff's Office release, reported that he was 44.
Disputed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Single-source claim.
NamUs case MP23660 is open and unresolved.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Single-source claim.
The Walker County Sheriff's Office is the primary investigating agency.
Confirmed
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, NamUs · Corroborated by 1 additional source: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/05/11/skeletal-remains-found-montgomery-county-2009-may-missing-walker-county-man/3111802001/
The Montgomery Advertiser described Key as an Oakman resident.
Reported
Source: Montgomery Advertiser · Single-source claim.
Near-skeletal remains of an unidentified man were found in Ramer the day before Thanksgiving in 2009, about seven months after Key disappeared, with a gunshot wound to the skull.
Reported
Source: Montgomery Advertiser · Single-source claim.
A size 2XL blue coat and bluish-gray Brahma boots were reportedly found with the Ramer remains.
Reported
Source: Montgomery Advertiser · Single-source claim.
In May 2020, the Doe Network alerted the Walker County Sheriff's Office to similarities between Key's disappearance and the unidentified-remains case.
Reported
Source: Montgomery Advertiser · Single-source claim.
Walker County investigators contacted Montgomery County investigators and Key's son, obtained a DNA sample for comparison, and sent samples to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and NamUs.
Reported
Source: Montgomery Advertiser · Single-source claim.
The supplied sources do not state the result of the DNA comparison.
Unknown
Source on file · Single-source claim.

Sources

NamUs case MP23660 — Scott Allen Key — U.S. Department of Justice, NamUsOpen
Skeletal remains discovered a decade ago in Ramer may be missing Walker County man — Montgomery AdvertiserOpen