Late on September 26, 2005, 22-year-old William Roland, known as Will or Poo, was last seen in Cincinnati’s west side with his older half-brother, 32-year-old Dion Akemon, known as Bay Bay. The brothers were observed around 10:00 p.m. in a parking lot near the Parktown Cafe on the 1700 block of Linn Street standing by a white van. William was wearing a white shirt, long black jean shorts, Air Force One sneakers and a white Cincinnati Reds baseball cap.

Days after they vanished, some of their personal effects turned up in a dumpster on McMicken Street: wallets, cell phones, car keys, and William’s white cap, which was stained with blood. Authorities treated the missing-person investigation as potentially involving foul play. William was described as having scars on his right arm, the right side of his chest and left knee, plus a tattoo of a woman on his upper left arm with RIP and a date above and below it. Family members said both brothers had past involvement with the criminal justice system but were trying to turn their lives around.

The case remains unsolved.