Otis Davis Missing Person Case

May 07, 2011

Jul 11, 2019

Otis

Davis

83

52

71 inches

145 lbs

Black / African American

Male

On a spring day in Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 1995, 52-year-old Otis Lee Davis told his family he was going to the grocery store. He was a Black / African American male, standing at five feet eleven inches tall and weighing around 145 pounds. That day, he was wearing a black sweater, blue pants, and black work boots. With salt and pepper hair and brown eyes, Otis left his home and was never seen or heard from again. The simple errand turned into a lasting mystery when he did not return, leaving his loved ones with unanswered questions. The initial moments of his disappearance are sparse with details, a common and heartbreaking reality for many families of the missing. The lack of information leaves a void that is often filled with worry and speculation. For the Davis family, the hours likely turned into days, and then weeks, with no sign of Otis. The routine trip to the store became the starting point of a decades-long search for answers. His case was officially created with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on May 7, 2011, many years after he was last seen. The investigation into Otis Lee Davis's disappearance is being handled by the Detroit Police Department. Over the years, his case has remained open, a silent testament to a life interrupted. The circumstances surrounding his vanishing are noted as him simply going to the grocery store and never returning, a stark and chillingly ordinary event that led to an extraordinary and painful mystery. The case of Otis Lee Davis is an unsettling reminder of how quickly a person's life can change, and how the lingering questions can impact a family and a community for years to come. With no new leads or information made public, the hope for resolution rests on the possibility that someone, somewhere, holds the key to what happened on that April day in 1995.

Apr 01, 1995

Detroit

Michigan

Wayne County

21520

Detroit Police Department

Detroit

Michigan

Wayne County

48226

Shannon Jones

Sergeant

1301 3rd St, Michigan

3135961800

Local

Law Enforcement

1202110068

Detroit Police Department

Gray or Partially Gray

Brown

Brown

07/14/2026