Joe Merral Puckett was 15 when he disappeared from Paducah, Kentucky, in the spring of 1985. On May 1 he visited his mother at her workplace on Washington Street, borrowed $20 and after a brief verbal disagreement returned about twenty minutes later to give back $10. He left again then was never seen or heard from again. The initial report was not filed for a significant time after he was last seen.

Joe was described as a white male with brown hair and green or hazel eyes, about 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches and 110 to 120 pounds. He had several homemade tattoos — Mom, cherries on his shoulder, Thriller on his buttocks and a heart with an arrow on his right hand — plus scars on his arms and wrists and a history that included at least one prior suicide attempt. His case is classified as endangered missing and the Kentucky State Police are the lead investigators.

Does anyone have information about Joe’s last movements in Paducah or remember seeing him after May 1, 1985?