Daniel Jay Hatter was a 37-year-old White/Caucasian male who was last seen in Hampton, Virginia, on April 7, 2012. Public missing-person records place his last known contact in the Hampton area, with the reported location connected to the intersection of Mallory Street and Curry Street, where he was seen getting off a bus around 8:30 a.m. That ordinary morning became the starting point of a long and painful absence.
Daniel was described as a male with brown hair and blue eyes, approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 150 pounds, details that were circulated so that members of the public could help recognize him if they had seen him after that day.
At the time he vanished, Daniel was reportedly wearing a multicolored shirt, blue jeans, and a black jacket. Those clothing details matter because they preserve the last known image of him as he moved through the community on the morning of April 7, 2012. The Charley Project classifies Daniel’s case as endangered missing and reports that he suffered from seizures, meaning he may have needed medical attention after he disappeared. That medical concern adds urgency and sadness to the case, because the unknowns are not only about where Daniel went, but also whether he was safe, whether he became disoriented or medically vulnerable, and whether someone may have encountered him without realizing he was a missing person.
Public case information also notes identifying features that could have helped distinguish Daniel from others. NamUs records describe him as having brown hair and blue eyes, and the case data includes a tattoo on his upper left arm: a heart with the names “Willey” and “Vicky.” Such details are deeply personal, small pieces of a person’s life preserved in a missing-person file because they may one day help bring answers. The Hampton Police Division is listed as the investigating agency, and the case is associated with Hampton Police case number 12-0409012, with the matter reported to the agency shortly after Daniel was last seen.
The known public timeline is brief but meaningful. Daniel was last seen in Hampton on April 7, 2012, getting off a bus near Mallory Street and Curry Street at approximately 8:30 in the morning; after that point, the publicly available record does not provide a confirmed next sighting or a verified explanation for his disappearance. The limited information leaves the case suspended around a few crucial facts: a bus stop, a morning hour, a man with a known medical vulnerability, and a community that may have held the missing piece in the hours or days after he was last seen. In overview, Daniel Jay Hatter’s case is the story of a 37-year-old Hampton man whose last confirmed moments were ordinary and public, yet whose disappearance became enduring and unresolved in the available record: he was last seen on April 7, 2012, in Hampton, Virginia, and the central hope of the case remains that reliable information will help explain what happened after he stepped off that bus.Last Seen: Apr 7, 2012
