Ralph Singletary was 50 years old when he was reported missing from Merced, California, on August 10, 2015. Public missing-person listings describe him as a Black male with black hair and brown eyes, approximately 5'8" and 190 pounds. He was reportedly wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt over a white shirt and gray sweatpants when last seen. One distinguishing feature noted in public records is a tattoo of the name “Andrea” on the right side of his neck.
The publicly available summary of his disappearance is brief: he was last seen in Merced and has not been heard from again, and few additional circumstances have been released publicly. Because so little has been shared in open sources, there is no widely published account of where he was going, who he was with, or what events immediately preceded his disappearance.
The investigating agency identified in public listings is the Merced Police Department, with a request that anyone who may know something about his whereabouts contact them. While The Charley Project references the California Attorney General’s Office as a source, the specific public-facing California DOJ page for this name currently returns a “record was not found” message, making it difficult to confirm whether the entry was removed, moved, or updated through that particular public link.
At the state level, the California Department of Justice’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Section describes how it supports local investigations, including comparing physical characteristics and other identifiers maintaining dental identification resources, and coordinating a Missing Persons DNA Program intended to help match missing-person cases with unidentified remains through lawful, case-related DNA comparisons. The DOJ also provides a 24-hour tip hotline and email for anyone who believes they have information about a missing person, emphasizing that tips should be directed to law enforcement rather than handled personally by the public.
Last Seen: Aug 10, 2015
