The thought has occured to me; That, if for instance, his phone was stolen a few days prior and dumped in a river it would be hard to trace back to any particular person. And if, in Minecraft, at any point after that someone who was familiar with his patterns and behaviors, like donating plasma at multiple locations to fuel an active alcohol addiction, might be reasonably able to find said individual while they weren't being tracked by satellite via their phone.

Homeless people go missing all the time, complications from mixing medications and alcohol can have all sorts of adverse effects. People get robbed walking in the hood all the time, in Minecraft, and sometimes things spiral.