Missing From: Newberry, Michigan
Missing: August 4, 2008
Age at Disappearance: 35
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 170
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian male. He has bunions and spurs on both of his big toes and calluses and spurs on both heels. His ears are pierced and his left nipple is pierced. Derrick’s index, middle and ring fingers on his right hand were previously severed and surgically reattached, and are heavily scarred as a result. He also has heavy scarring on his right thumb, a four- to six-inch scar on his right shin, and a scar on his lower right side from an appendectomy. Derrick has a tattoo of a tribal design on his upper right arm, a tattoo of the words “Rayce + Dy” (possibly with a scar in it) on his upper left arm, and a five- to six-inch tattoo of a wizard on the left side of his back. His index, middle and ring fingers on his right hand as well as his right thumb were previously fractured and are deformed. His vertebrae in his neck have also been previously fractured.
Details of Disappearance: Derrick was last seen walking into the woods across from a neighbor’s home in Newberry, Michigan at 4:30 p.m. on August 4, 2008. He had had a fight with his live-in girlfriend earlier and had temporarily moved in with his neighbor. His father had sent him a bus ticket to go back to his parents downstate, as he did not have a car. Derrick was supposed to meet his girlfriend at a deer blind in the woods. She arrived, but he never did. He has never been heard from again. Three days before his disappearance, Derrick made several phone calls to Hartford in western Michigan, where he had grown up. He was asking friends and family members for a ride to Hartford. It’s unclear whether he ever made it there. Although police stated there is little evidence in Derrick’s disappearance, but they believe foul play may have been involved in his disappearance.
Investigative Agency: Michigan State Police-Newberry Post-905-293-5152
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