Private chef Xavier Calvin Chambers was discovered dead at the age of 31 nearly one week after he disappeared while walking his two dogs in Alabama.
The Huntsville Police Department announced in a social media post that Chambers’ body was found on October 16. Hours before his remains were found, the department and other agencies began a targeted search around 11 a.m. near the 9500 block of Madison Boulevard in Huntsville.
The team found a deceased body during the search, who was later identified as Chambers, according to a news release.
Chambers lived in Austin, Texas, though he traveled to Huntsville, Alabama, with his mother to help his sister move into her new apartment, according to ABC affiliate WAAY and NBC affiliate WAFF. One day after he arrived, Chambers went on a walk with his dogs without leashes near Madison Boulevard on October 10.
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According to the outlets, one of the dogs returned later that morning without Chambers. His mom then reported him as missing.
That same morning, WAAY reported that police received multiple reports about a naked man running around the roadway with two dogs before he was seen running into the woods.
A “Missing and Endangered Person Alert” was issued by the Huntsville Police Department, saying that Chambers was last seen on October 10 around 8:30 a.m. Additionally, authorities said that he “may be living with a condition that may impair his judgment.”
Chamber’s mom told WAAY that her son disappeared a handful of times while walking the dogs before their trip to Alabama. While she said the incidents scared her, it was a relatively new thing to happen to her son.
Police officers searched the woods where Chambers was last seen, and they managed to find the other dog. However, Chambers’ body was not found during the same search.
Authorities went on to conduct an “extensive” search before Chambers’ body was found, authorities said. An investigation into his death is currently ongoing, though no foul play is suspected.
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“The preliminary autopsy findings revealed no signs of foul play,” Dr. Tyler Berryhill, the Madison County coroner, told People in a statement. “Additional studies are currently being conducted to establish the cause of death.”
After his body was recovered, family friend Patrice Thomas Conwell told WAAY that his mother was “in disbelief.” She continued, “It’s a devastating result, not the result we wanted, but we did want resolution.”
