Indiana State Police seek public help finding missing man in Dubois County

Dubois County residents who know Harold Dean Baker from daily routines, walking routes, or familiar stops are being asked to look closely for the 65-year-old, who was last known to be in the Washington, Indiana, area on March 9, 2026. Indiana State Police say Baker is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes, does not have access to a vehicle, and is known to travel on foot, details that could make a single sighting especially important.

The Indiana State Police Jasper Post asked the public for help on April 23, turning to residents beyond the normal police network as investigators work to narrow where Baker may have been after he was last seen in Washington. Baker’s movement by foot, rather than by car, means people who saw a man matching that description in a neighborhood, along a sidewalk, or near a place he frequented may be holding the piece that helps confirm a timeline.

Police have placed Baker in the state’s Missing Children/Missing Endangered Adults Missing Person Bulletin, the official system Indiana uses to circulate missing-person alerts. That bulletin is designed to widen the search quickly when officers need more eyes in the field and more public memory than police records alone can provide.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Indiana State Police Jasper Post at 812-482-1441. For local law-enforcement contact in Dubois County, Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter is listed by Dubois County government, and the sheriff’s office main phone number is 812-482-3522.

In a county where Jasper and the surrounding communities are connected by work, church, school, and everyday errands, a missing-person appeal can move fast when someone recognizes a face or remembers a person walking a familiar stretch of road. Police are relying on that kind of local attention now, and they are looking for anything that helps place Baker after March 9.