Byron Melendez was 22 when he was last seen in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, on October 1, 2008. He is described as a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes, about 6 feet 1 inch tall and roughly 220 pounds. After that early October day he never made contact with family or friends, and there is no clear public timeline of his last known movements.

Investigators have considered the possibility that he voluntarily left New Jersey, but no communications or evidence have emerged to support that theory. The Lakewood Township Police Department circulated his description and entered his information in national missing persons databases, yet the investigation produced few leads and has grown cold.

If anyone knew Byron’s habits, where he worked or spent time in 2008, or has information about his movements around October 1, 2008, please come forward.