Overview

Last known contact: October 10, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m.
Last known location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age at disappearance: 68
Status: Missing; publicly available case information does not indicate that Bruce has been located.
NamUs: MP153201
Anchorage Police Department case: 250031826

Main circumstances: Bruce Paisley Cummings was last known to be in Anchorage when he had a telephone conversation at approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 10, 2025. No subsequent confirmed contact has been publicly reported. Public case information does not identify what he was wearing, what transportation he may have been using, or the specific circumstances that led to his disappearance.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Bruce Paisley Cummings Missing Person Case: Anchorage, Alaska — 2025 Disappearance

Brief Case Summary

Last known contact: October 10, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m.
Last known location: Anchorage, Alaska
Age at disappearance: 68
Status: Missing; publicly available case information does not indicate that Bruce has been located.
NamUs: MP153201
Anchorage Police Department case: 250031826

Main circumstances: Bruce Paisley Cummings was last known to be in Anchorage when he had a telephone conversation at approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 10, 2025. No subsequent confirmed contact has been publicly reported. Public case information does not identify what he was wearing, what transportation he may have been using, or the specific circumstances that led to his disappearance.

Bruce Paisley Cummings Disappeared From Anchorage in October 2025

Bruce Paisley Cummings was 68 years old when he disappeared from Anchorage, Alaska, in October 2025. According to his missing-person records, the last known contact with Bruce occurred on October 10, 2025. He was reportedly heard from during a telephone conversation at approximately 1:00 p.m. that day.

That phone conversation has become the central publicly known point in the timeline of his disappearance. There is no publicly documented confirmed sighting after that contact, and available records do not provide a more precise Anchorage location for where Bruce was at the time.

What Is Known About Bruce Cummings’ Disappearance?

Bruce was described as a white male, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 131 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was 68 at the time he went missing.

Very little information about the circumstances immediately surrounding his disappearance has been released publicly. Available case information does not identify the clothing Bruce was wearing during his last known contact or indicate whether he had a vehicle or another known method of transportation.

The absence of those details leaves several basic questions unanswered, including where in Anchorage Bruce was when the final phone conversation took place, where he intended to go afterward, and whether investigators have been able to reconstruct his movements before or after the call.

Missing-Person Report and Anchorage Police Investigation

The Anchorage Police Department is identified as the primary law-enforcement agency connected to Bruce’s case. Available case information lists APD case number 250031826 and gives October 14, 2025—four days after his last known contact—as the agency report date.

Publicly available case information also associates the Alaska State Troopers with the investigation. The Anchorage Police Department remains the primary agency identified in the available case record.

APD advises that there is no required 24-hour waiting period for reporting someone missing. The department directs people reporting a missing person in Anchorage to contact 3-1-1.

Bruce Cummings Added to NamUs

Bruce’s disappearance is now documented in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System under NamUs MP153201. The official NamUs record shows that the NamUs case was created on May 7, 2026 and identifies the case as a missing-person record for Bruce Paisley Cummings, missing from Anchorage with a date of last contact of October 10, 2025.

This date is important because some third-party case summaries contain different dates concerning when the case was placed online. The official NamUs record should be given greater weight for the date the NamUs entry itself was created.

Latest Publicly Available Investigation Information

As of August 20, 2026, publicly accessible sources reviewed for this case do not indicate that Bruce Paisley Cummings has been located or that his disappearance has been resolved. His NamUs record remains publicly accessible, and a secondary case database last updated August 2, 2026 continues to describe the investigation as ongoing.

No publicly available information reviewed identifies an arrest, suspect, confirmed crime scene, known destination, recovered vehicle, or evidence establishing that Bruce was the victim of a homicide. His case should therefore be described as an unresolved missing-person investigation, not a confirmed homicide.

Authorities have also not publicly disclosed a detailed explanation for what may have happened after Bruce’s final known telephone contact. The limited information makes seemingly small details potentially important, particularly information from anyone who communicated with Bruce, saw him, transported him, or knew his plans around October 10, 2025.

What Could Help the Investigation?

Anyone with firsthand information about Bruce’s whereabouts on or around October 10, 2025, should provide that information directly to law enforcement rather than assuming investigators already know it.

Potentially useful information could include a confirmed sighting, communication with Bruce, knowledge of his plans or intended destination, information about transportation he was using, or other firsthand details concerning his movements in Anchorage around the time of his disappearance.

When contacting authorities, reference Anchorage Police Department case 250031826 and NamUs MP153201 so the information can be associated with the correct missing-person case.