Creg Lyles, 33, was last heard from by family and friends on the evening of January 21, 2021, when he posted on Facebook and sent text messages from the Waterford Township apartment he shared with his partner. Concern grew when he could not be reached the next day; family gained entry to the apartment on January 26 and found his cell phone and glasses left inside, items they say he would not voluntarily leave behind. The residence reportedly showed signs of a prior struggle, yet nothing inside appeared overtly out of place and there was little evidence suggesting he had been living there.

Creg was active in his community as choir director for Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac and participated in local theater. His partner, Michael Tyler Butler, was using Creg’s car beginning the day Creg was last heard from and has been identified as the last known person to see him and as a person of interest. Butler was later arrested on an unrelated outstanding warrant, refused to cooperate with investigators while jailed, and reportedly failed a police polygraph; prosecutors say there has not been enough evidence to charge anyone in Creg’s disappearance. A reward is being offered for information. If anyone knew Creg, his routines, or saw him or his car around January 21, 2021, please come forward with what was seen or heard.