Terry Allen Shepherd was 37 and living without a permanent residence in Akron, Ohio, in the late summer of 2000. He often sheltered beneath bridges and was described as struggling with alcoholism and epilepsy; he had recently completed a 90-day court-ordered treatment program and needed medication to control seizures. Family contact was a regular routine — he stayed in touch with his sister — which makes his disappearance especially out of character.

In early autumn 2000 Terry’s brother gave him ten dollars and dropped him off at the intersection of Triplett Boulevard and South Arlington Street. He was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and blue jeans. Physical details: white male, blue eyes, sandy blond receding hair, brown beard and mustache, scars on his forehead near the hairline and on top of his head, and scars from surgery to correct a cleft palate. He stopped calling his sister and did not renew the health card used to obtain epilepsy medication; the Akron Police Department classified him as endangered missing and opened an investigation.

The case remains unsolved and the family continues to seek answers. If anyone saw Terry around Triplett Boulevard and South Arlington Street in early autumn 2000 or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.