Ulysses Tolliver, also known to some as U.C., was 41 when he left his Detroit home on October 25, 1997, headed on foot to a nearby gas station and never returned. He was last seen wearing a light blue button-down shirt and blue work pants. Tolliver is an African American man, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 130 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a goatee and a scar in the center of his chest.

The exact time he left and the specific gas station he intended to visit remain unclear. The Detroit Police Department is handling the investigation, and his case has been entered in national missing-persons databases. DNA from his son was submitted to CODIS to allow comparison with unidentified remains, but the case remains unsolved and there have been no credible sightings reported.

Anyone who knew Ulysses, his usual routes, or who was in that neighborhood on October 25, 1997, is asked to come forward with information that could help explain his disappearance?