Josh Tyms was 64 when family last heard from him on July 27, 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee. For reasons the family has kept private, that absence was not reported to police for several years; his brother filed a missing person report after about four years without contact. That long gap before the case reached investigators has left few leads and complicated efforts to establish Mr. Tyms’s last movements.

He is described as a Black/African American male, about 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing roughly 150 to 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Little else about where he was living or what he was doing at the time has been made public, and the circumstances of his disappearance remain unresolved.

If anyone in Memphis knew Josh, saw him after July 27, 2018, or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.