Johnny L. Patterson, 70, was last seen the evening of June 9, 2020, in Milwaukee. Surveillance captured him walking westbound in the 3300 block of West Highland Boulevard after 9:00 p.m. He lived at the College Court apartment building and was known in his community; his family says he had dementia and sometimes became disoriented but had previously wandered and returned.

Descriptions circulated by police list him as an African American male, 5 feet 8 inches, about 170 pounds, with a bald head and gray goatee. He was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket, black leather vest, blue jeans, and a brown or gray Kangol-style hat, wearing a tribal-style necklace and using a walking stick or cane (sometimes a branch). The Milwaukee Police Department classified him as a critical missing person and searched vacant houses and cars while the family offered and later increased a reward.

Investigators noted limited leads: possible use of his food share card after June 9 and an unverified sighting, but those fragments did not lead to his location. Does anyone in Milwaukee remember seeing Johnny or his distinctive outfit or walking stick around Highland Boulevard that night?