Eugene Ramon Berry, known as Rabbit or Ramon, was 26 when he disappeared from his Wilmington, North Carolina home in late summer 1991. On August 22 he told his sister he was having trouble breathing and said he would walk to Dillon’s Grocery to get asthma medicine. He never returned and did not show up for work the next two days, behavior described as highly out of character for someone with a reputation for responsibility.

At the time he was reported missing, Berry was described as a Black male, 5 feet 1 inch tall, about 155 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes; he sometimes wore green contact lenses and had a scar on his abdomen. He was last seen wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, acid wash jeans, green suede boots, a single gold ball earring, a gold necklace with a charm, a silver belt buckle and a leather key chain.

In 1995 there were unverified reports of a possible sighting in the Garden Lake Estates area and separate claims that his body had been seen in Greenfield Lake; searches turned up no evidence. The Wilmington Police Department keeps the case open. Does anyone who lived in Wilmington in 1991 or who knew Eugene have information that could help explain what happened after he left for the store?