Howard Vardaman Barnett, 38, went missing from Memphis, Tennessee on July 18, 2017. That afternoon he brought lunch to his daughters at their summer camp; around 10 p.m. he called his girlfriend to say he was heading to a cousin’s house in Germantown and was last seen in the 4400 block of Timber Rise Road. His phone stopped answering after 10:27 p.m., and family traced the device the next day to an area near Jefferson Avenue in downtown Memphis but did not find him.

On July 25, 2017 Barnett’s 2005 gray Honda Odyssey minivan was discovered burned on a farmer’s property at 830 McCraw Loop on the Fayette–Shelby County line. The vehicle was heavily damaged and Barnett was not at the scene; homicide detectives were later involved though the case remains officially a missing person investigation. Family members say his behavior was out of character—he FaceTimed his daughters twice a day and was a caregiver for his disabled father.

Barnett is described as 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, 180 to 200 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a light mustache and goatee, and distinctive forearm and back tattoos including his daughters’ names Channia and Trinity and the phrase God Bless the Dead. Few leads developed in the investigation and the case is still open. Does anyone who lived near Timber Rise Road or Jefferson Avenue in July 2017 remember seeing Barnett or his van?