Neal L. Boware, 21, was last seen on July 24, 2006, in Akron, Ohio. He had been walking home with his mother after a doctor’s appointment and they stopped at a grocery store about 5:30 p.m. He was last seen on top of that bridge while a train was passing underneath.

Neal is described as Black and Korean, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, 165 to 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He wore a red t-shirt, blue jeans, white K-Swiss sneakers and wire-rimmed glasses. Distinguishing marks include a pierced left ear, a scar above one ankle and growth bumps on both knees. He had a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and needed medication at the time he disappeared. Police searched the area and the train but found no sign of him; the Akron Police Department maintains the case file.

Does anyone have information about Neal’s movements that afternoon or recall seeing him near the West Thornton Street bridge?