William Gunn, Jr., known to family as Will or Junior, was 29 when he was last seen at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on October 11, 2001. He was described as a Black man about 5 feet 6 inches and 165 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a scar behind his right knee and a scar on the right side of his face, and he sometimes wore brown-and-blue tinted contact lenses. At the time he vanished he was reportedly wearing a brown coat and navy blue jeans, and his last public sighting was recorded by another male individual at the riverfront gathering place.

The disappearance was reported to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office on October 17, 2001, and the case is listed in NamUs as MP819. Public information does not identify a vehicle, a direction of travel after the sighting, a named companion, evidence of a struggle, or any arrest or confirmed explanation for what happened. Those closest to him have had few details to follow as the case remains unresolved.

If anyone was at Hart Plaza on October 11, 2001 and remembers seeing William or has information that could help, please come forward.