Last Seen: Family seeks answers after Waycross man went missing in 2017

WAYCROSS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly a decade after Austin James Wise disappeared in Ware County, his family is still searching for answers. Wise was 24 years old when he was last seen in May 2017. His mother, Lana Hall, said the circumstances of his disappearance have never sat right with her.Hall and Wise’s aunt, Shelby Newman, are asking anyone with information to come forward.Reported missing after time at Griffin Road homeWise was reported missing May 28, 2017, after spending time at a home along Griffin Road in Waycross.Hall said the last time she saw her son was three days earlier. She said Wise asked her to pick him up after an encounter at a home, where he told her someone had pulled a gun on him.Hall said she picked him up that Thursday night. During the drive, she said, Wise asked her to stop at another home, where he said he would wait for his father to pick him up.“And he said, I’m going to stay here, my dad is on his way. He’s going to come pick me up from here… Well, he en