Thomas Lee Walters, known as Tommy, was 50 when he vanished from Kinston, North Carolina on February 28, 1996. He was last seen leaving his home on the 1300 block of Heritage Street driving a distinctive black and tan Chrysler station wagon (listed as a 1979 or 1981 model) with North Carolina plate FRA-1921. He stood 5 feet 10 inches, about 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and wore a plaid shirt, brown coat, brown pants and white shoes that day.

Reports note he may have been experiencing a period of depression in the days before his disappearance and that he had a steel rod implanted in his leg from a prior surgery. Neither Thomas nor the station wagon has been located. The Kinston Police Department continues to list the case as unsolved and it appears in NamUs as MP4823.

Are there any readers who remember seeing that Chrysler in the Kinston area around late February 1996 or who have information about Thomas’s movements before he left home?