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May 07, 2011
Jul 11, 2019
Otis
Davis
81
52
71 inches
145 lbs
Black / African American
Male
On a spring day in Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 1995, 52-year-old Otis Lee Davis told his family he was going to the grocery store. He was a Black / African American male, standing at five feet eleven inches tall and weighing around 145 pounds. That day, he was wearing a black sweater, blue pants, and black work boots. With salt and pepper hair and brown eyes, Otis left his home and was never seen or heard from again. The simple errand turned into a lasting mystery when he did not return, leaving his loved ones with unanswered questions. The initial moments of his disappearance are sparse with details, a common and heartbreaking reality for many families of the missing. The lack of information leaves a void that is often filled with worry and speculation. For the Davis family, the hours likely turned into days, and then weeks, with no sign of Otis. The routine trip to the store became the starting point of a decades-long search for answers. His case was officially created with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on May 7, 2011, many years after he was last seen. The investigation into Otis Lee Davis's disappearance is being handled by the Detroit Police Department. Over the years, his case has remained open, a silent testament to a life interrupted. The circumstances surrounding his vanishing are noted as him simply going to the grocery store and never returning, a stark and chillingly ordinary event that led to an extraordinary and painful mystery. The case of Otis Lee Davis is an unsettling reminder of how quickly a person's life can change, and how the lingering questions can impact a family and a community for years to come. With no new leads or information made public, the hope for resolution rests on the possibility that someone, somewhere, holds the key to what happened on that April day in 1995.
Apr 01, 1995
Detroit
Michigan
Wayne County
21520
Detroit Police Department
Detroit
Michigan
Wayne County
48226
Shannon Jones
Sergeant
1301 3rd St, Michigan
3135961800
Local
Law Enforcement
1202110068
Detroit Police Department
Gray or Partially Gray
Brown
Brown
06/15/2026
