Mark Wade Potts is listed in NamUs as missing person MP9352, missing from Claymont, Delaware, with a listed date of last contact of May 11, 2009; however, several public case summaries describe the disappearance circumstances as occurring on May 11, 2010. Because the publicly available sources conflict on the year, the exact date should be treated with caution.
Mark was a Black/African American man from Claymont, listed as 44 years old in some public case information, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 185 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He is described as right-handed and as wearing gold-framed eyeglasses.
According to public missing-person profiles, Mark lived in the 2900 block of Green Street in Claymont. On the day he disappeared, he reportedly contacted his mother and told her he was struggling emotionally and financially. His mother, concerned for his safety, left her home in Chester, Pennsylvania, and went to check on him. When she arrived at Mark’s residence, he was not there, and his black 2003 GMC Yukon, bearing Delaware license plate PC478018, was also gone.
Later that morning, witnesses reportedly saw a man drive onto the Commodore Barry Bridge, exit the vehicle, and jump from the bridge into the Delaware River. Authorities later found Mark’s GMC Yukon on the bridge, with the keys still inside. Public case summaries state that he was not seen again after that incident and that no body was recovered. Because no remains were located, Mark has remained classified in public records as a missing person.
The case is associated with the New Castle County Police Department, and The Charley Project lists the investigating agency phone number as 302-395-8171. NamUs is a national clearinghouse used to store and compare missing-person, unidentified, and unclaimed-person case information, and public sources continue to reference Mark’s NamUs case number, MP9352.
Mark Potts’s case is a painful one for his family and community, especially because the reported circumstances point to a moment of acute distress but did not lead to the recovery of his remains. The lack of a recovery means his loved ones were left without the certainty and finality that families need. Publicly available sources do not indicate that Mark has been found alive or deceased, so the case remains presented as a missing-person case.Last Seen: May 11, 2009
