Kirk Payton, 61, was last seen on August 1, 2023, in the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York. He vanished from his community, prompting an inquiry by the New York City Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad.

Mr. Payton is an African American male, six feet, two inches tall, about 140 pounds, with gray or partially gray hair and brown eyes. On the day he disappeared he was believed to be wearing a blue shirt and black sneakers. Those descriptors are the last confirmed details of his whereabouts.

The investigation is described as a quiet, ongoing effort to piece together what happened that summer day. If anyone in Hollis or elsewhere saw Kirk Payton on or after August 1, 2023, or has information about his movements, please come forward.