NATCHEZ — The family of a man who may have disappeared from the Kingston area months ago were in Natchez Thursday distributing fliers announcing a $10,000 reward for information leading to his location.

Shaun Thornhill, 42, was last seen in St. Francisville, La., on Jan. 23. His truck, however, was discovered later that week abandoned on the side of Kingston Road. That single clue spawned several unsuccessful law enforcement and then volunteer searches of the area over the next six weeks.

The last organized search for Thornhill in Adams County was March 7.

“We haven’t had any more searches since then, because we don’t know where to search — we don’t know any places to go,” Thornhill’s sister Christel Wyant said.

Because of that, Wyant said Thornhill’s family is hoping that the offer of a reward can bring the answers that ground searches and appeals to goodwill for information could not.

“Our family came together and decided that is what we wanted to do; we wanted to try this avenue,” she said. “We are hoping that the reward will bring someone forward with information.”

The family has been putting up the fliers about the reward in all the places where searches for Thornhill have been conducted. Until something changes, they continue to search on their own and wait for something to turn up.

“For the most part we are doing good, but we are trying to do anything we can, looking for leads, praying for leads,” Wyant said. “We need someone to come forward with some information.”

Thornhill is 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He has short black hair and blue eyes. On his upper right arm is a tattoo of a sun with the numbers 798 in the middle. Anyone with information about his whereabouts can contact Wyant at 318-341-1158 or the WFPSO at 225-635-3241.