Missing
Garfield James Meekins
Meekins, approximately 1999
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/06/1999
Missing location (approx) :
Baltimore, Maryland
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 12/22/1918 (102)
Age at the time of disappearance: 80 years old
Height / Weight : 5'4, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A size 16 multicolored striped shirt, blue dress pants, a belt, black socks, black dress shoes, a black hat, a gold watch, and a gold ring.
Medical conditions : Meekins has Alzheimer's Disease as well as a heart condition.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American male. Black hair turning to white, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Meekins was last seen at approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 6, 1999 at his residence in the vicinity of the 800 block of Cooks Lane in Baltimore, Maryland. He left his home to drive to the local store and never returned.
His gold four-door 1993 Honda Accord was found abandoned in a farmer's front yard on Fort Davis Road in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, approximately 85 miles northwest of Baltimore, the day after his disappearance. There was no sign of Meekins at the scene and he has never been heard from again. His case remains unsolved, but he is presumed dead.
Other information and links : ncy
Baltimore Police Department
443-984-7114
September 2021 updates and sources
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