Melvin Dennis Washington was 34 when he made a phone call from Philadelphia between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 6, 1989. He told his sister he was on his way to his mother’s house in West Philadelphia to visit his daughters, but he never arrived and that call was the last contact his family had with him.

A Black man with black hair and brown eyes, Washington was six feet one inch tall and weighed about 230 pounds. He had a below‑knee amputation of his right leg from a prior gunshot wound and used a prosthesis, a distinctive feature noted by those who knew him. The Philadelphia Police Department was assigned to the investigation, but few details have emerged about what happened after that final call.

The disappearance remains unsolved and the family’s questions about Melvin’s fate are unanswered. If anyone knew Melvin, saw him in Philadelphia on March 6, 1989, or has information about his movements that day, please come forward.