Michael Way was 24 when he was last seen on March 25, 2002, in the vicinity of the 1900 block of Fisher Road SE in Atlanta. A father of four, he was reported wearing a gray shirt, gray pants and black and white shoes; he had a cross tattoo on his back and praying hands on his arm. His family searched for answers for years, and his mother died in 2010 without ever learning what happened to him.

In 2011 the Atlanta Police Department cold case unit announced new evidence that shifted the investigation: detectives say they believe Michael was abducted from the 2200 block of Kerry Drive as he left the home of his children’s mother, taken elsewhere, killed and buried in a wooded area near the Old South Bend Historic Cemetery on Forest Park Road. Investigators reportedly identified between 10 and 13 suspects, some described as people close to Michael, but no charges have been filed and searches of the alleged burial area have not located remains.

Anyone who knew Michael, his movements on March 25, 2002, or who has information about the people identified by police is asked to come forward.