Bobby Joe Gross, 47, disappeared from Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was last seen on January 4, 2009, on Newhart Road. His brother reported him missing when contact ceased. At the time he was described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inch, about 180 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes and a tattoo of an unknown design on his upper left arm.

Investigators believed he might have been living somewhere in the Charlotte area, but the circumstances of his disappearance were unclear. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s initial probe produced few leads, and no substantive information emerged in subsequent years, leaving the case cold and the family without answers.

Does anyone who lived near Newhart Road in early January 2009 or who knew Bobby have information that could help explain what happened?