Johnnie O Neal Jr. was last seen the evening of November 21, 1998, in Ayden, North Carolina. He was 24, Black/African American, 6 feet 4 inches and about 210 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Family last saw him get into a white vehicle driven by a male acquaintance who has since died. Johnnie was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and black Nike athletic shoes, and wore a gold leafy-plant ring and matching necklace, a Seiko sport watch and a square black onyx ring.

Distinctive features include a pierced ear, a surgical scar on the right side of his abdomen, a missing portion of muscle in his right calf and a skin graft on the front of his left thigh. He reportedly has a medical condition that may require attention. The Ayden Police Department and the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office investigated, but leads have been scarce and the case went cold.

Decades of unanswered questions remain for his family and friends. If anyone knew Johnnie, the man who drove him that night, or has information about his whereabouts after November 21, 1998, please come forward.