Sean Michael McCracken, 24, vanished from Hampton, Virginia, in early November 2009. Reports differ on the exact last-seen date, listing either November 1 or November 3; he was last observed in the 1100 block of LaSalle Avenue. Originally from North Carolina and known by the nickname Time, he had ties to New York and did not make contact with family or friends after those November days.

Investigations later established Sean had been killed. Court records and a guilty plea entered in January 2013 name Phillip Michael Bryant, of Brooklyn, New York, as one of his killers; Bryant admitted murdering Sean inside an apartment at the Lincoln Park Housing Development after an argument over drug sales. Attempts to dismember Sean and conceal his remains in a steamer trunk followed, and the trunk was discarded in a dumpster whose contents were hauled to the Hampton landfill. A 31-day FBI and Hampton Police search of the landfill in April 2010 did not recover his body.

The legal case produced a life sentence for Bryant, but Sean’s remains were never found and his family has not had a final burial. If anyone knew Sean, saw him in Hampton in November 2009, or has information about Lincoln Park at that time, please share what you know.