Robert Lamot Branch, 35, was last seen walking near the 1700 block of Barclay Street in Baltimore around 2 p.m. on October 2, 2014. A friend saw him leave and he missed a planned meet-up; family reported him missing on October 4 and began canvassing neighborhoods and putting up fliers.

On June 15, 2016, skeletal remains were found inside a vacant property in the 100 block of East North Avenue and later identified as Branch. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death blunt force trauma. Detectives said no murder weapon was recovered, the only DNA recovered at the scene matched Branch, and there did not appear to be blood around the remains though decomposition and the building’s long deterioration complicated the scene. No arrests or publicly named suspects have been announced and the case is unsolved.

If anyone saw Branch on October 2, 2014, or has information about what happened between his last sighting and the vacant house, please contact the Baltimore City Police Homicide Unit or Metro Crime Stoppers.