Derrell Robert Sims, known as Rell, was 21 when he disappeared from Detroit in December 2011. He was last seen on December 11 leaving a friend’s home on the city’s east side around 1:00 p.m., saying he was going to a hospital to pick up another friend. The family later learned that the friend had already been discharged before Derrell left the house. Authorities initially listed December 10 in the 5000 block of East Outer Drive but the timeline was clarified to the 11th.

Derrell is described as a Black male, 5 feet 6 inches, 150–175 pounds, with short black hair, brown eyes, a goatee and mustache, and several tattoos including Loyalty on his face, Fast Cash on his knuckles, Street King on his hands, and Blessed on his neck. He was driving his mother’s car, which was later found abandoned at Minnesota and Angling streets on the east side; Derrell was not with the vehicle. He left behind a girlfriend, a six-year-old daughter and a seven-month-old son. Few details explain what happened after he drove off — does anyone have information about Derrell’s movements that day or recall seeing the car after he left his friend’s house?