11/25/2025
BREAKING UPDATE IN CHANCE ENGLEBERT CASE:
The Englebert family has confirmed that remains found in October near Scotts Bluff National Monument belong to 25-year-old Chance Englebert, the Moorcroft man missing since 2019. A Facebook post stated, “As most have already read on Facebook, unfortunately including our family before I could let them know that the DNA confirmed that it was Chance.”
His mother, Dawn Englebert, says DNA testing verified the identity, and officials have ruled the cause of death accidental due to a fall.
“This is not closure to us at all, but only more whys,” Dawn said in a post.
Chance disappeared over the July Fourth weekend in 2019 after an argument with in-laws in Gering, Nebraska. He was last seen on surveillance video walking alone, looking at his phone, and turning sharply as if following a map—just before a severe storm hit.
Despite massive searches involving 17 agencies, drones, dogs, and hundreds of volunteers, no trace of him was found until last month’s discovery.
Englebert’s remains will be presented to his widow, Baylee, on Wednesday.
(Photo courtesy of the Help Find Chance Englebert page)