William Edward Bill Hamilton, 41, was last seen on September 24, 1980, walking away from his home in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. He was reported missing on October 5, 1980, and the Kentucky State Police have been the investigating agency since that time. He left on foot and did not have a driver’s license or a car.

Hamilton was African American, with black hair and black eyes. He walked with a noticeable limp, habitually carried his right arm at his side, and had a tattoo on one arm (the design and which arm are not recorded). At the time he disappeared he wore a blue zip-up jacket, a long-sleeved blue shirt splattered with paint, tan pants, a brown wide-brimmed hat, brown leather lace-up slippers, and a brown leather belt with a brass buckle. The case remains open and was entered into national missing-persons databases; no definitive explanation has emerged.

If anyone knew William, saw him on or after September 24, 1980, or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.