Paul T. Smith was 19 when he left Dittmer, Missouri, on the evening of February 5, 2005, telling his mother he was going to St. Louis with friends for a night out. He is a white male, about six feet one inch tall, 220 to 230 pounds, with brown crewcut hair and green eyes. Paul’s last confirmed contact was that evening; friends later said he became separated from the group in St. Louis and he never returned home.

At the time he vanished he was wearing a silver jersey, a white long-sleeved shirt with Jim Bean on the pocket, beige or khaki pants, and brown short boots. Distinctive tattoos include a kneeling demonic angel on his back left shoulder and a pit bull with green eyes on his back right shoulder. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department opened the case after it was reported on February 8, 2005. DNA from his mother, sister, and maternal uncle has been submitted to help with identification. The circumstances of how he became separated from his friends and where he went in St. Louis remain unclear.

Did anyone who was in St. Louis on February 5, 2005, see Paul or remember a young man matching his description that night?