Steven Raymond was 47 when he disappeared from New Britain, Connecticut. In the summer of 1998 he’d been living temporarily at the Salvation Army and the Friendship Center after his parents moved to a one-bedroom apartment; for about three months before he vanished he was sleeping outdoors near South Street while keeping close contact with his family, joining them for breakfast, weekend meals and visiting each evening.

On July 28, 1998, Steven was last seen near South Street and Stanley Street. He had just learned his application for a city apartment was denied and left his parents’ home that evening intending to sleep outside in his usual spot. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt with Alert in yellow on the left breast, a light blue button-down shirt with rolled sleeves, jeans and black sneakers. In the days after he disappeared his sleeping bag and other personal belongings were found abandoned at the place he planned to sleep.

Steven had a history of mental illness and took antidepressants and painkillers; those who knew him did not describe him as depressed or suicidal. There has been little additional information about his whereabouts. Did anyone in the New Britain area in late July 1998 see Steven or remember his blue Alert shirt?