Dirk Deyoung Ross, 49, vanished from his Goldsboro, North Carolina, home in the autumn of 2025 after leaving on an errand. On October 2 he was seen departing with an unidentified person in a brown SUV to pick up a car a few miles away; he never returned and that sighting is the last confirmed in-person contact.

Family members say they spoke with Ross by phone between October 2 and October 6 and were told he was in Kinston and all right, but no one actually saw him during those calls. After October 6 the calls stopped and subsequent attempts to reach him were unsuccessful. He is described as Black/African American, 5 feet 8 inches, about 160 pounds, with short curly black-and-gray hair and possibly some facial hair. Details about the other person and the brown SUV are limited.

Anyone who saw Dirk after October 2, knew where he might have been, or has information about the brown SUV is asked to come forward.