Seventeen-year-old Darryl Lynn Austin III was last seen on January 24, 2022, after his father dropped him at a friend’s house on North Saginaw Road between Lake and Willard Roads in Vienna Township. He was visiting the Clio area but lived in Taylor, Michigan. Shortly after his father left, Darryl’s phone was either turned off or its battery died; that was the last confirmed contact.

At the time he disappeared he was described as five feet six inches tall, about 140 pounds, white, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He was believed to be wearing black sweatpants, a purple hooded sweatshirt, a black coat and a black hat with a marijuana leaf, and often carried a black backpack and a skateboard. There were unconfirmed suggestions he might have traveled toward the Birch Run area. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

If anyone in the Clio, Vienna Township, Taylor or Birch Run areas remembers seeing Darryl on or after January 24, 2022, or has information that could help locate him, please share what is known.