Keilah Loatman Missing Person Case

May 07, 2011

Apr 22, 2020

Keilah

Loatman

62

43

66 inches

140 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Keilah Elizabeth Loatman, a 43-year-old mother, vanished under perplexing circumstances on the night of April 29, 2007, in Detroit, Michigan. She was on her way home after working a tile-laying job in the Palmer Woods area when she encountered car trouble. Her live-in boyfriend received a phone call from an unknown man who identified himself as "Mitchell." This man informed him that Keilah's red 1997 GMC Safari had a flat tire. When her boyfriend asked to speak with her, she got on the phone and assured him she was alright but that the vehicle was undriveable. He advised her to take a cab home, a conversation that would be their last. Keilah, who also went by the nicknames Kay and Lisi, was never heard from again. The details following her last known communication paint a concerning picture. Early the next morning, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Keilah's vehicle was discovered abandoned at Hamilton and Pitkin. Not only did it have a flat tire as reported, but both of the front tires were missing. Her purse, which she would have had with her, was also gone. Keilah was a Black female with a light complexion, brown eyes, and reddish-brown hair styled in long braids at the time of her disappearance. She stood at 5'6" and weighed around 140 pounds. Distinguishing features included a small scar on her abdomen and a pierced nose, although she typically did not wear jewelry. She was also known to wear a scarf to work and may have been wearing one when she vanished. The investigation into Keilah Loatman's disappearance has been met with few answers, leaving her family in a state of prolonged uncertainty. The man named "Mitchell" who made the initial call has never been identified and remains unknown to her family and boyfriend. It is considered highly uncharacteristic of Keilah to be out of contact with her three adult children, with whom she maintained regular communication. Her case is one of several mysterious disappearances of women in the Detroit area around the same time frame, though no official connection has been established. The circumstances of her last known moments—a disabled vehicle, the presence of an unknown man, and her subsequent vanishing—continue to be the focal point of an unsolved case.

Apr 29, 2007

Detroit

Michigan

Wayne County

2138

Detroit Police Department

Detroit

Michigan

Wayne County

48226

1301 3rd St, Michigan

3135961800

Local

Law Enforcement

NE-328

2007-05-04

Detroit Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/12/2026