Melvin Dennis Washington, 34, was last heard from by a phone call to his sister on the morning of March 6, 1989. He told her he was on his way to visit his daughters at his mother’s home in West Philadelphia but never arrived. That call between about 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. is the last confirmed contact anyone in his family has had with him.

Washington is described as a Black man, 6 feet 1 inch tall, about 230 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He had his right leg amputated below the knee and used a prosthesis. Clothing and personal items he may have had that day are not known.

He was reported missing and an investigation opened, but the case produced few leads and remains unsolved. Does anyone who lived in West Philadelphia in March 1989 remember seeing Melvin or his prosthesis, or have information that could help explain what happened that day?