Michael Henry Wasik, 41, was last seen February 9, 2002, at a homeless shelter on Union Street in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally from New York, he had been traveling south through Virginia before arriving in Jacksonville and had last contacted family in September 2001. Following the breakdown of his marriage, job loss, and loss of custody of his children, he began drinking heavily and is believed to have become homeless around the time he disappeared.

At the time he went missing Wasik was described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 240 pounds. He favored baggy pants and flannel shirts in cooler weather and had distinctive tattoos, including a dragon on his right forearm and a skull on his left forearm. Local authorities investigated but he was not heard from after leaving the shelter that day; investigators have maintained an open file and his family of four siblings continues to seek answers.

Wasik’s case is classified as endangered missing given the circumstances of his vanishing. Did anyone in Jacksonville or along his route through Virginia remember seeing him after February 9, 2002?