Irby Edwin Missing Person Case

Sep 12, 2025

Sep 16, 2025

Irby

Edwin

73

72

67 inches

69 inches

130 lbs

140 lbs

Black / African American

Male

In the late summer of 2024, the family of Irby Edwin, a 72-year-old man from Memphis, Tennessee, found themselves enveloped in a growing sense of worry. On Tuesday, August 13, 2024, Mr. Edwin, a male with graying, salt-and-pepper hair that was balding in the front and a full beard, vanished. His last known moments were recounted by a family member who had dropped him off at his home around 2:00 in the afternoon following a doctor's appointment. He had mentioned he was going to get some cigarettes, a simple errand that marked the last time he was seen. The Memphis Police Department was alerted to his disappearance and a city watch was issued for the senior citizen who was known affectionately to his loved ones as "Uncle Mike". The situation took a bewildering turn in the early hours of the following day, Wednesday, when Mr. Edwin’s house on Pecan Circle, his home for three decades, was engulfed in flames. The Memphis Fire Department responded to the blaze around 3:30 a.m. and later determined the fire was accidental, caused by multiple generators that had been supplying power to the residence. Firefighters conducted a thorough search of the damaged structure, but Irby Edwin was not inside. This discovery only deepened the mystery and heightened the fears of his family, who felt that if he were able, he would have come forward upon learning his home had burned down. As days passed without any communication from Mr. Edwin, his family's concern grew for his well-being, particularly because he was without necessary medication. They made public pleas, holding out hope for his safe return and asking for any information regarding his whereabouts. Adding to the distress of the situation, police and fire responders were called to an area just across the street from the burned home on Friday of that week to investigate the discovery of human remains, though this was reported to be an unrelated incident. The case of Irby Edwin's disappearance remains a troubling mystery, marked by a sequence of distressing events; he was last seen after a medical appointment, his home of 30 years accidentally burned down the next day, and his family has been left searching for answers.

Aug 13, 2024

Memphis

Tennessee

Shelby County

Memphis

No

177661

Memphis Police Department

Memphis

Tennessee

Shelby County

38103

Clinton Langham

Sergeant

170 North Main Street, Tennessee

9016363700

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.memphispolice.org/

2408025928ME

2024-08-15

Memphis Police Department

Gray or Partially Gray

Brown

Brown

07/20/2026