Donnell Cadmey, a Black/African American male, was 37 years old when he was last contacted on July 29, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri. Public case summaries place his disappearance in St. Louis and identify the NamUs case number as MP53545, with his gender listed as male, his hair as black, his eyes as brown, and his weight as approximately 140 pounds. One public case profile lists him at 6 feet 1 inch tall, while the provided NamUs API data lists him at 66 inches; because the public records are limited and not fully consistent, the most careful account is that he was a slender man with black hair and brown eyes whose last known contact occurred in St. Louis on that July day. The NamUs/API information identifies him as Darnell Marnell Cadmey, while another public case summary uses the name Donnell Cadmey, both tied to the same NamUs number, MP53545.
The details available about what happened to him are painfully brief.
The official circumstances in the provided NamUs/API data say only that he was last contacted on July 29, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri, and that anyone with a photograph of him was asked to contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Unit. Uncovered’s public case summary repeats that he was last contacted in St. Louis on that date and adds that he had physical and mental disabilities, a detail that gives the case added urgency and sorrow because it suggests he may have been especially vulnerable when contact was lost.
At the time he disappeared, the provided NamUs/API data says he was last associated with the 63104 area of St. Louis, within St. Louis City. It describes his hair as black and worn in a short Afro or natural hairstyle, with brown eyes. The same data records several identifying marks that could help distinguish him: a scar near his right eye, a scar on his left thigh, and a scar on his right cheek. His listed clothing was black shorts and a brown shirt. These small details are the kind families and investigators hold onto in a long-term missing person case, because when there are few known circumstances, physical identifiers, clothing, scars, and even the hope of locating a photograph can become important pieces of the search.
The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, according to the provided NamUs/API data, with an agency case number of 00-106357 and an agency report date listed as August 11, 2000. The same data shows that a DNA family reference sample from a sister was completed, with STR DNA available, used, and uploaded to CODIS. That does not tell the public what happened to Donnell, but it does show that the case has been supported by identification resources that can help compare him against unidentified-person records. NamUs itself is described by federal sources as a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, a system intended to help families, investigators, medical examiners, and coroners resolve these difficult cases.
The public record does not provide a known destination, a confirmed sighting after July 29, 2000, a vehicle, or a clear explanation for why contact with Donnell Cadmey ended. What remains is a sparse but important record of a man last known to be in St. Louis, Missouri, at age 37, whose case has endured for decades with very little publicly released narrative. The heart of the case is that Donnell Cadmey, also listed in NamUs data as Darnell Marnell Cadmey, was last contacted in St. Louis on July 29, 2000; he was a Black/African American male with black hair, brown eyes, a slim build, distinctive scars near his right eye, on his right cheek, and on his left thigh, and he was reportedly wearing black shorts and a brown shirt. The overview of the case is one of absence, limited public information, and continued reliance on identifying details, family DNA, law-enforcement records, and public awareness to preserve his name and the facts of his disappearance.Last Seen: Jul 29, 2000
