Bayard William Cousins was 22 when he disappeared from his Virginia Beach home. He was last seen on February 1, 1975. His parents were away at the time and, on their return, found a note from Bayard that asked them not to worry about him; since then he has not been seen or heard from.

Bayard was described as a white male with dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and glasses, and had a cross-shaped scar on one finger. He was an ecology activist and spoke fluent Spanish. There were reportedly no obvious signs before his disappearance to explain why he would leave.

The Virginia Beach Police Department continues to list his case as a missing person and it has been shared with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Online researchers have compared Bayard to several unidentified John Does, most often the Plaquemines Parish John Doe found in Louisiana, but no positive identification has been made.

Did anyone in the Virginia Beach area know Bayard’s routines, friends, or places he frequented in early 1975 and can offer information that might still help investigators?