Terry Joseph Good Voice Elk, also known as Terry Waters, was 27 years old when he was last seen in Rapid City, South Dakota, on November 14, 1991. Public case listings describe him as an American Indian / Alaska Native man who disappeared from Pennington County, and the available information about the circumstances is extremely limited. NamUs lists his case as MP14701 and records his date of last contact as November 14, 1991, in Rapid City.
At the time he went missing, Terry was described as being between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 180 to 190 pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes. A notable identifying detail is that he had a previous right-eye injury and wore a glass eye; because of that injury, he often wore sunglasses. He also reportedly had scars on his legs, wrists, and abdomen.
The Doe Network classifies Terry as endangered missing and lists Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, as the location where he was last seen. Public summaries note that there are few available details about what happened before or after he vanished, and no clear public timeline has been established beyond his last known contact in Rapid City. The limited information makes his case especially difficult, leaving those who knew and loved him without answers for more than three decades.
Several personal effects and clothing details have been shared in public case listings. Terry was known to carry a wallet with a chain and usually carried a backpack. He was reportedly associated with black steel-toe boots, sunglasses connected to his eye injury, and an earring in his left ear. These details remain important because they may help someone remember seeing him or recognizing him around the time he disappeared.
The only publicly available photograph commonly associated with Terry shows him at about 16 years old, years before his disappearance. That means the image may not fully reflect how he looked at age 27, but it remains one of the few visual references available to the public. His case has continued to appear in missing-person databases and public awareness listings, including NamUs, the Doe Network, Uncovered, and missing-persons compilations for the Rapid City area.
Terry’s disappearance is part of the larger and painful reality of long-term missing Indigenous persons cases, where families and communities often carry grief and uncertainty for many years. Publicly available sources do not provide a confirmed explanation for what happened to him, and the known circumstances remain vague. Anyone with information about Terry Joseph Good Voice Elk’s disappearance or whereabouts is urged by public case listings to contact the Rapid City Police Department.Last Seen: Nov 14, 1991
