Clarence Earl Jenkins, 48, a U.S. Army veteran and resident of Britthaven Rest Home in Tarboro, North Carolina, was last seen in mid-March 2006 at about 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Speight Avenue and Fountain Street. A police officer spoke with him there and Clarence said he was heading to a house down the street; that was the last confirmed contact. He was reported missing on March 13, 2006 after failing to attend a scheduled dialysis appointment.

Clarence had serious kidney disease requiring regular dialysis and had been asking staff that day to take him to the emergency room. When last seen he wore a gray t-shirt, blue jeans, and a blue hooded sweater. Some personal items, including his Social Security card and his blue dialysis tote bag, were later found near a pond close to where he was last seen. He is about five feet two inches tall, with numerous surgical scars on his face, abdomen, and right hip, a dialysis stent in his chest, and a metal pin in his right hip. Known as Shorty, he had family and friends in Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, and Virginia.

No sign of Clarence has been found since that day. If anyone knew Clarence, saw him in mid-March 2006, or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.