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In the summer of 1998, a 27-year-old man named Joseph Melvin Hankerson vanished from Atlanta, Georgia. He was last seen by a female friend on the afternoon of July 15, 1998. Following his disappearance, those who knew him were interviewed, and searches were conducted in areas he was known to frequent, but these initial efforts to locate him were unsuccessful.

Joseph was a Black / African American male, standing between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing between 250 and 270 po ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 15, 1998

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Victim Details

May 12, 2025

May 14, 2025

Joseph

Hankerson

53

27

72 inches

74 inches

250 lbs

270 lbs

Black / African American

Male

Jul 15, 1998

Atlanta

Georgia

Fulton County

Atlanta

No

168360

Atlanta Police Department

Atlanta

Georgia

Fulton County

30303

226 Peachtree Street, SW, Georgia

4045464235

Local

Law Enforcement

981981412

Atlanta Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

06/02/2026


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