Derek Rogers Gray, known as Puff, was 38 when he disappeared from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was last seen on October 7, 1997, after telling some people he planned to go to Chicago and then never made contact again. He is a Black man about five feet eight inches and 170 pounds, with very short dark hair, a short beard or goatee, pierced ears, and scars on the front and back of his midsection.

The Grand Rapids Police Department’s investigation produced few leads, and no evidence of foul play has been reported. His two daughters and his maternal half-sister provided DNA samples to aid comparisons with unidentified remains through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

Does anyone have information about Derek’s whereabouts in October 1997 or recall seeing someone matching his description traveling toward Chicago?