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Abbas Diane, a 35-year-old man, was last seen on September 1, 2011, in Highland Park, Michigan. According to reports, Diane was staying at the Woodward Avenue Hotel and checked out that day. His disappearance has remained unsolved, and despite some investigation efforts, no significant breakthroughs have been made to locate him. Diane, a Black man, stood 5'8" tall and weighed approximately 165 pounds at the time he vanished. The case is listed with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons S ...Read More
Last Seen: Sep 01, 2011

Victim Details

Jan 24, 2014

Jan 12, 2024

Abbas

Diane

48

35

68 inches

165 lbs

Black / African American

Male

In the late summer of 2011, a sense of quiet concern began to grow among the family and friends of Abbas Folks Diane. A 35-year-old man, he was last seen on September 1st in Highland Park, Michigan. On that day, he had checked out of the Woodward Avenue Hotel, and from that point on, his movements became a mystery. At the time he vanished, he was described as a Black man, standing 5'8" tall and weighing approximately 165 pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes. His disappearance left a void of information, with few public details available about the circumstances that led to him ceasing all contact with his loved ones. As days turned into weeks and then years, the silence from Abbas Diane's end became a heavy burden for those who knew him. The investigation into his disappearance has remained open, yet it has yielded no significant breakthroughs that could shed light on his whereabouts or what might have happened to him. The case is documented with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), a national repository for missing persons cases, but even this platform holds little more than the basic facts of his last known moments. The lack of new information has left his case unsolved, one of many that continue to perplex authorities in Michigan. The years have passed with no resolution, and Abbas Diane's case has grown cold. Efforts to bring awareness to his situation have been made, but his fate remains an unanswered question. With very few public details surrounding the events leading up to his disappearance, law enforcement continues to seek any information that could help bring closure to his family. The overview of this case is one of sudden and unexplained absence. A man checks out of a hotel and is never heard from again, leaving behind a prolonged and painful mystery for his family and a case that continues to await a crucial piece of information that might finally explain what happened to Abbas Folks Diane.

Sep 01, 2011

Highland Park

Michigan

Wayne County

22981

Detroit Police Department

Detroit

Michigan

Wayne County

48226

Shannon Jones

Sergeant

1301 3rd St, Michigan

3135961800

Local

Law Enforcement

1403110172

Detroit Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

06/05/2026


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