Lavar Quinta Sutton was 22 when he disappeared from Pikeville, North Carolina, in the spring of 2001. He was last seen on April 10, 2001, leaving with another man in a van believed to belong to a painter who may have been working in the area. At the time he went missing Lavar was described as a Black male between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 175 to 180 pounds, wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, and white tennis shoes.

The case grew cold over the following years and was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System in July 2022 to raise its profile nationally.

Few concrete facts have emerged about what happened after Lavar was seen getting into that van. Does anyone remember seeing a painter’s van in Pikeville around April 10, 2001, or have other information about Lavar’s movements that day?