John William Layfield Jr. was 35 when he was last seen in Detroit, Michigan, with NamUs listing his date of last contact as February 1, 2007. His disappearance is recorded in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as case MP20798; the NamUs entry was created April 12, 2021.

Public details about John’s last day are extremely limited.

This is a case defined more by absence than by facts: a name, a place, a date, and a federal record that preserves the case. Does anyone who knew John, lived in Detroit then, or has information about his whereabouts on or after February 1, 2007, have anything to share?