When two brothers retreat into the woods of Appalachian Tennessee to forage for ginseng in 2021, they vanish without a trace. Their unexplained absence haunts their family and community in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Sources used to research this episode:

Campbell Co. Sheriff Searching for Two Men Who Disappeared While Ginseng Hunting (WBIR Staff / WBIR News)

Caleb County Brothers Missing After Leaving Home to Search for Ginseng (Caleb Wethington / WATE6 News)

Authorities Searching for Missing Brothers (WYSH Radio)

Two Brothers Missing From Rocky Top (Kelly Ann Kreuger and Paige Hill / WVLT News)

“I’ve got to find my sons” | Mother Pleads for Tips in Case of Campbell Co. Brothers Missing for 48 Days (Cole Sullivan / WBIR10 News)

Around Three Years Later, a Campbell County Mother is Still Searching for Her Missing Sons (Ellis Rold / WBIR10 News)

Two Campbell County Brothers Still Missing After Nearly Four Years (Sam Luther / WVLT8 News)

Authorities Make Largest Tennessee Marijuana Find Ever – More Than 350,000 Plants (Times News)

More Than $1M of Marijuana Destroyed in East TN (WBIR10 News)

Obituary: Daniel Hawkins Sr (Hatmaker Funeral Home)

Illegal Cannabis Grow Sites (US Forest Service)

Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis (National Drug Intelligence Center)

Tennessee Caves (and the Bats That Use Them) (The Nature Conservancy)

Operation Root Cause: Diggers, Dealers, and the Case for Wild Ginseng (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

Ginseng Program (Department of Environment & Conservation)

Growing American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in Forestlands (Virginia Cooperative Extension / US Forest Service)

If you know anything about the double-disappearance of Scott and Tracy Hawkins, please contact the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office at: 423-562-7446. Or, if you prefer to remain anonymous, call 423-566-3784.