Antoine Jones was 29 when he vanished after a trip from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Richland County, South Carolina, to attend a friend’s child baptism. He and his brother checked into the Quality Inn on Horseshoe Drive on September 19, 1997. Jones’ brother reported him missing on September 20, 1997, after finding the hotel room without him.

Three days after Jones was last seen, his 1994 Lexus was found wrecked on Christian Street in West Columbia. The driver had fled and a large amount of blood was inside the vehicle, prompting belief that Jones suffered a fatal injury. Jones is described as a Black male with black hair, brown eyes, and a scar on his left forearm. Investigators later reopened the case and pursued DNA testing linking evidence to Jones, but his body has not been recovered and questions remain about what happened that night.

If anyone knew Antoine, saw his Lexus in West Columbia in September 1997, or has information about the people he was with that weekend, please come forward.