Shawn Dickerson was 23 when he was last seen in San Francisco on December 2, 2011. He left his apartment in a hurry that morning, told roommates he was late for work at Rolo, a men’s clothing store on Market Street, but never arrived. The previous day he had left work early and later texted his boss, who expressed concern about Shawn’s reliability; Shawn did not tell his roommates about that exchange.

Instead of going to work on December 2, Shawn spent the day walking around the city, took photographs, and posted 16 images to his Facebook account that afternoon. Those posts are the last confirmed signs of him. He left behind personal items including a jacket he would normally have taken if planning to travel, and has not been heard from since. There has been speculation about mental health struggles or suicide, and his disappearance has been mentioned alongside several other young men missing from the area around the same time, but no definitive link or evidence of foul play has been established.

Did anyone in San Francisco at that time recognize Shawn’s Facebook photos or remember seeing him on December 2, 2011?