Robert Bobby William Dornbach was 17 when he vanished from Gloucester, New Jersey, after stepping outside his family’s home on Cumberland Street on November 27, 2005. That evening he had invited his girlfriend for dinner, asked a friend to order pizza, told his mother he’d be back in about 20 minutes, and then left; the pizza and his girlfriend arrived but Robert never returned and has not been seen or heard from since.

At the time he disappeared he wore a silver necklace, had a scar on his right knee and right eyelid, a cross tattoo on his right ankle, a D-Bach tattoo on his left arm, and a pierced lower lip. He was on probation and had been suspended from school for missing classes. The Gloucester City Police Department classified the case as an endangered runaway, but his mother, Joanne Humerick, said his prolonged silence was uncharacteristic and worried he might have met with foul play.

Family and friends organized searches, candlelight vigils and distributed flyers; his mother has continued to push for answers. No public suspects or definitive leads have been announced and what happened after he stepped outside remains unknown. If anyone has information about Robert’s whereabouts or that night in Gloucester, please come forward.