Owen C. Powell, 43, was last seen in Manhattan on the morning of March 13, 1996, at about 10:03 a.m., walking in the area recorded as 3rd Avenue and West 52nd Street. He was described as a Black male with brown hair and hazel eyes, light complexion, between 6 feet 0 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing 150 to 170 pounds.

The sighting location is notable because 3rd Avenue lies on Manhattan’s East Side, a geographic detail that appears inconsistent with the cross-street noted. A later administrative update in a national database shows the case was closed, but no public explanation for that closure has been released.

Does anyone have memories of Owen, or information about his last known movements in Midtown Manhattan?