Christian Daniel Balke-Thompson, 26, is a white male, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 180 pounds, with light brown hair, hazel eyes and wears eye glasses. Balke-Thompson has several tattoos, including bats on his right arm, a bullet on the side of his neck and his mother Michelle’s name on his left forearm. He also goes by “B-T.”

Balke-Thompson is currently listed as a missing person and law enforcement is actively working the case, Special Agent Ray Fiedler, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said.

At this time, not much is known, Fiedler said.

“We’re just continuing running down leads and really don’t know if he left on his own,” he said. “I can’t say there was foul play, I can’t say he left on his own, I just don’t know.”

Fiedler said the DCI can’t give out much information on whether Balke-Thompson is believed to have any personal items or a vehicle with him, as it could hinder the investigation.

“There are certain things that we’re looking at, but I don’t want to give that out because only certain people would know that,” he said.

Michelle Balke, Balke-Thompson’s mother, said she last saw her son on April 29 for his son’s birthday party. Balke-Thompson has two young sons at home.

“He wanted to talk to me, we didn’t get to talk that night,” she said. “Then on Saturday, when I tried to call and text him, his phone was off, so I just thought it was off or dead and didn’t think much of it.”

Balke said she’s felt like she’s just been “going around in circles” trying to talk to Balke-Thompson’s friends and trying to see if they know where he is or what happened.

“I just think somebody had to have seen something and if they’re his so-called friends, I don’t know why they wouldn’t help,” she said. “Why wouldn’t you help somebody come home to their children and their mother, whether it gets you in trouble or not? It’s just unbelievable.”

Balke-Thompson’s safe return home is his mother’s top priority right now.

“We all want him to come home no matter what, it doesn’t matter what happened,” she said. “We just want him to come home. His boys miss him, his whole family misses him, everybody.”

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Balke-Thompson is asked to call the Calhoun County Law Enforcement Center at 712-297-7583, or the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office at 712-792-4393.