Paul Cecil Worsham, an 82-year-old man from Wyoming, Delaware, was last seen on July 23, 2007. NamUs lists him as missing from Wyoming in Kent County, Delaware, with the date of last contact recorded as July 23, 2007, and The Charley Project classifies his case as endangered missing. He was known by the affectionate nicknames “Pop Pop” and “PC,” details that reflect how closely he was identified with his family and community.
According to publicly available case summaries, Worsham was last seen at his home in Wyoming before leaving at about 3:00 p.m. to go hunting. He was reportedly carrying a shotgun. When he did not return by around 7:00 p.m., his loved ones began searching for him, and authorities were notified the following morning. The circumstances are especially concerning because he was elderly and, according to contemporaneous reporting summarized online, his family said he had experienced dementia off and on in the years before he disappeared.
Search efforts in the days after his disappearance were extensive. A News Journal report preserved online stated that a massive two-day search for the Wyoming-area man ended without success after searchers canvassed a large farm area, and that police asked the public for help. A later report summarized in the same source said the search resumed after a witness reported seeing Worsham walking down the family lane around the time relatives had begun looking for him. Despite those efforts, the available public sources do not describe any confirmed discovery of his whereabouts.
At the time he disappeared, Worsham was described as a White male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 185 pounds, with gray or partially gray hair and green eyes. Clothing descriptions vary slightly across sources, but public case profiles report that he may have been wearing a denim jacket, a pink or red sweater, brown or camouflage-print pants, and a blaze-orange hat. He was also described as having glasses, a Timex watch with an elastic band, a gold wedding band, dog tags bearing his name, and a belt with a small square buckle.
Worsham also had several distinctive identifying features. Public case information describes scars, including one on the top of his scalp and another near his right cheek by the glasses line, as well as multiple tattoos. These reportedly included a banner with the name “Audrey” on his upper right arm, an “Ace of Spades” tattoo on his left forearm, a large ship tattoo across his chest, and a nautical-style compass tattoo on his left calf. Such details remain important in missing-person investigations because they can help identify someone even years after they were last seen.
Beyond the facts of the disappearance, Worsham is remembered in public summaries as a man who enjoyed painting and taking daily walks. Those small details give a fuller picture of him as a person, not only as a missing-person case: an older man with familiar routines, family ties, and interests that mattered to him. His disappearance left his loved ones searching for answers after what began as an ordinary afternoon outing.
Publicly available sources reviewed for this synopsis continue to describe Paul Cecil Worsham’s case as unresolved. The NamUs profile remains published as a missing-person case, and The Charley Project continues to list him as endangered missing. Anyone with information has been directed in public case materials to contact Delaware State Police.Last Seen: Jul 23, 2007
