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In the early summer of 1977, a young man named Samuel Byrd, on the cusp of adulthood, vanished from his life in Hamden, Connecticut. Having just reached the milestone of graduating from Hamden High School, the future should have been stretching out before him. At seventeen or eighteen years old, Samuel was described as being 5'9' tall and weighing around 170 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The last confirmed sighting of him was sometime in June of that year, a time that should have been ...Read More
Last Seen: Jun 01, 1977

Victim Details

Apr 11, 2014

Feb 08, 2023

Samuel

Byrd

66

18

69 inches

170 lbs

Black / African American

Male

Jun 01, 1977

Hamden

Connecticut

New Haven County

15126

New Haven Police Department

New Haven

Connecticut

New Haven County

06519

Kealyn Nivakoff

Police Detective

1 Union Ave, Connecticut

2039466316

Local

Law Enforcement

14-13400

2014-03-20

New Haven Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

05/30/2026


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