Farmington police seek tips on missing man last seen in 2015
Farmington police are asking for tips on Stanley Hallman Byler, who was last seen in 2015 and is now listed as 83.
A Farmington man last in contact with family in 2015 has only now been publicly listed as missing, and Farmington police are asking residents to help close the gap on a case that reaches back nearly 11 years. Stanley Hallman Byler is believed to be in Farmington, and the department is treating the matter as missing-person case #26-36563.
The New Mexico Department of Public Safety lists Byler as missing from Farmington, with a date missing of June 28, 2015. The state record says he was 72 when he went missing and is now 83. DPS says the missing-person entry was generated on March 19, 2026.
Byler is described as a White male born March 1, 1943, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds, with blue eyes and white hair. The state listing says he wears glasses and a tan bucket hat. Farmington police are asking anyone who may have seen a man matching that description in Farmington or elsewhere in San Juan County to come forward with any detail that could help place him after the 2015 date listed by the state.
The record directs tips to the Farmington Police Department at (505) 599-1054. The New Mexico Department of Public Safety missing-person hotline is 1-800-457-3463. DPS says its Missing Persons Clearinghouse posts missing people publicly, releases alerts to the media and stays in contact with police agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
State officials say the missing-person system is meant as a public awareness tool under New Mexico law and that a person can be reported missing at any time when their whereabouts are unknown and they are believed to be in danger, regardless of age. In Byler’s case, the public record now serves as the main appeal for answers: where he was seen, who may have known him, and whether anyone in Farmington, Aztec, Bloomfield or the surrounding county noticed him after June 28, 2015.
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