On the first day of 1987, a 33-year-old man named Richard Recardo Dyer, known to his loved ones as Ricky, vanished from Henrico, Virginia. He was a Black male, standing tall at six feet to six feet one inch, with a slender build of 155 to 165 pounds. Richard had black hair and brown eyes, and a noticeable scar on his nose; at the time he went missing, he wore a thin mustache and eyeglasses. That New Year's Day, Richard was last seen as he was leaving a party that had been held in the 200 block of Knights Manor Court. After that moment, he was never seen or heard from again, creating a mystery that has now spanned decades and left his family with unanswered questions.
The day after Richard was last seen, his wife reported him as a missing person to the Henrico County Police Division, officially beginning the investigation into his sudden and troubling disappearance. The circumstances surrounding his case remain murky, with very few details available to the public. Investigators have received information suggesting two potential, and dark, scenarios: that Richard may have been killed as a result of a domestic situation, or that his disappearance is related to drugs. Despite these leads, his case is classified as an endangered missing person, and concrete evidence to solve the case has been elusive. The lack of information has made it incredibly difficult for law enforcement to piece together the events of that day and the ones that followed.
Over the years, Richard's case has remained open, a cold case that holds the weight of a family's hope for resolution. His information has been entered into national databases for missing persons, such as NamUs, under the case number MP6995, with the Henrico County Police Division still listed as the primary investigating agency. Physical identifiers, including a scar on his nose, have been noted in the hopes that he might be recognized. The case of Richard Recardo Dyer is a somber reminder of a life interrupted, a man who attended a party one day and was gone the next. The investigation continues to seek any information that might shed light on what happened to him after he left that gathering in Henrico, Virginia, all those years ago.
Last Seen: Jan 1, 1987
