Eric Lawton was 65 when he was last reported seen in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 1, 2016.

A search of the state’s active missing-adults listings did not turn up an entry for Lawton by name at the time the listing was checked, and there is no clear public statement that he has since been found alive or located deceased. The case is therefore defined by what is not known as much as by what is: a simple, unresolved absence and few points of reference for investigators or the public.

If anyone knew Eric Lawton, where he lived, worked, or spent time in Kansas City in 2016, please share information that might help clarify his whereabouts after April 1, 2016.