Willie Michael Wheaton was 51 years old when he was last seen in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 17, 2006. Public missing-person listings describe him as a Black man with black hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 135 pounds. He was known to go by his middle name, Michael, and the details recorded about him are the kind that speak to a real person whose absence left people searching for answers: he walked with a limp affecting both legs, had a scar on his right eyelid, and had
missing teeth. On the day he disappeared, he was reportedly wearing a brown T-shirt, dark blue Wrangler jeans, a gray hooded jacket, and black athletic shoes, and he had a brown wallet with picture identification.
That evening, Willie was last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the Greyhound bus station in Jackson. Sources place the station in the area of Jefferson Street and Cortland or Courtland Avenue, while the Mississippi Repository lists the location as 300 W. Capitol Street in Jackson, Hinds County. The central account remains the same across the public records: Willie boarded a bus that was headed toward Sacramento, California, but it is unknown whether he ever arrived there. After that reported departure, he was not heard from again, and the available public information does not explain what happened during the trip, whether he made any stops, or whether anyone saw him after he boarded.
The Jackson Police Department is listed as the investigating agency, with case number 2006-125506 in the Mississippi Repository and NamUs number MP465. The Mississippi Repository currently lists the repository status as open, and the attached case data does not indicate a resolution status of Alive or Deceased. That means the public record available here does not show a confirmed outcome for Willie; the exact date of any later development is unknown, and the information remains vague.
Willie’s case is a quiet and painful one because so little has been made public beyond the last known sighting, the destination printed into the story, and the unanswered question of whether he ever reached California. He was an adult man traveling by bus from Mississippi toward Sacramento, carrying identification and wearing ordinary clothes, yet somewhere after the Greyhound station in Jackson, the trail disappeared. The overview of the case is that Willie Michael Wheaton, age 51, was last seen on June 17, 2006, at about 6:30 p.m. at a Greyhound bus station in Jackson, Mississippi; he boarded a bus bound for Sacramento, California; it remains unclear whether he arrived; and his case remains publicly recorded as a missing-person case under NamUs MP465.Last Seen: Jun 17, 2006
