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Mar 06, 2011
Jan 12, 2024
Michael
Mayes
59
43
67 inches
69 inches
169 lbs
211 lbs
Black / African American
Male
On a fall day in Battle Creek, Michigan, 43-year-old Michael DeWitt Mayes was seen for the last time. It was October 14, 2008, and since that day, his family has not heard from him. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance remain limited, leaving his loved ones without answers for over a decade. At the time he went missing, Michael was described as a Black male, standing between 5'7" and 5'9" tall, and weighing between 169 and 211 pounds. Michael, who sometimes went by the alias Terrence Campbell, had several distinct physical characteristics. He had black hair, which was shaved at the time he vanished, and brown eyes. He wore a mustache and had a noticeable chipped front tooth. Scars marked his upper lip, forehead, and both of his arms. He was known for his preference for wearing hooded sweatshirts, though the specific clothing he had on the day he disappeared is unknown. The years have passed with no contact from Michael, a silence that is the central and most troubling fact of his case. The Battle Creek Police Department has investigated his disappearance, but few details have been made public. His case is a painful example of the ambiguous loss that haunts families of the missing, a story without an ending. The core of the investigation rests on the simple, heartbreaking fact that a man vanished from his life and has not been seen or heard from by his family since 2008.
Oct 14, 2008
Battle Creek
Michigan
Calhoun County
9761
Battle Creek Police Department
Battle Creek
Michigan
Calhoun County
49014
20 N. Division St., Michigan
2697810911
Local
Law Enforcement
08-43304
Battle Creek Police Department
Black
Brown
Brown
06/21/2026
