Andre El Missing Person Case

Dec 12, 2008

Jan 12, 2024

Andre

El

56

27

72 inches

220 lbs

Black / African American

Male

In the summer of 1997, a 27-year-old man named Andre Donielle El vanished from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was last seen and heard from on June 23, 1997, in the vicinity of his residence at 2621 Airpark Drive. Standing at six feet tall and weighing around 220 pounds, Andre was a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. At the time he went missing, he may have had a mustache, beard, or goatee and was known to smoke Newport cigarettes. Originally from Georgia, he had been living in the eastern part of Nashville before his disappearance. The circumstances surrounding Andre El's disappearance are shrouded in uncertainty, made more complex by a significant delay in him being reported as a missing person. Because his closest family members, an aunt and an uncle, lived in Georgia and Pennsylvania respectively, and the mother of his young child resided in Atlanta, Georgia, his absence was not immediately noticed by authorities. It wasn't until January 4, 1998, over six months after he was last heard from, that the mother of his child traveled to Nashville to officially file a missing person report. Prior to his disappearance, Andre had been in regular contact with his family, making his sudden silence all the more alarming to them. Authorities have indicated that foul play is suspected in Andre's case and have suggested he may have been involved in some form of "criminal activity," though specifics have not been publicly detailed. His case is classified as an endangered missing person, and despite the passage of time, it remains an unsolved investigation with the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. The lack of concrete leads and the initial delay in reporting have presented significant challenges to investigators. The overview of the case reflects a man who seemingly vanished without a trace, leaving his family, including a young child, without answers for decades. The investigation into what happened to Andre Donielle El continues.

Jun 23, 1997

Nashville

Tennessee

Davidson County

No

6097

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Nashville

Tennessee

Davidson County

37201

Curtis Hafley

Detective

200 James Robertson Parkway, Tennessee

6158628600

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police

98-005611

1998-01-04

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

4889

Black

Brown

Brown

06/17/2026