Benjamin Richard Johnson was a 20-year-old male who was last seen in Raytown, Missouri, on April 17, 2017. He was listed as missing from Raytown, a community in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and the publicly available case information identifies him as a White male with brown hair. At the time he disappeared, Benjamin was only days past his twentieth birthday, with a listed date of birth of April 4, 1997.
The available public record does not provide a detailed account of where in Raytown he was last seen, who last saw him, what he may have been wearing, or what his immediate plans were that day. What is known is stark and painful: after April 17, 2017, Benjamin was not heard from again, and the official public-facing information offers very few details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
The limited nature of the information gives the case a quiet but troubling shape. Benjamin’s profile does not include a known height or weight in the public listing reviewed, and no detailed clothing description, vehicle information, medical information, or known travel route is provided there. His case is classified simply as missing, without a publicly described explanation for why contact stopped or what investigators believed may have happened. The absence of these details does not lessen the seriousness of the case; instead, it underscores how difficult it can be for families, communities, and investigators when a young adult disappears and the public record contains only the essential facts. Benjamin’s name, face, age, sex, race, hair color, last-seen date, and last-seen city remain the core details available to the public.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is listed as the investigating agency for Benjamin’s disappearance, and The Charley Project’s case page identifies that agency as the point of contact connected with the public listing. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s missing person resources state that its active missing-person information is drawn from the National Crime Information Center through investigating agencies and that people seeking further information about a missing person should contact the investigating agency. In Benjamin’s case, the public case listing provides the Missouri State Highway Patrol phone number, 800-877-3452, as the agency contact.
As the years have passed since April 17, 2017, Benjamin Richard Johnson’s case has remained defined by the small number of confirmed public facts and the unanswered questions around them. He was a young man, a son and loved one to those who knew him, and his disappearance left behind a silence where ordinary contact should have continued. The public information does not describe a confirmed resolution, so the case should be understood through what the available sources say: Benjamin was last seen in Raytown, Missouri, at age 20, and he has not been publicly reported in those sources as having been heard from again. In overview, this is the case of Benjamin Richard Johnson, a 20-year-old male missing from Raytown, Missouri, since April 17, 2017, with brown hair, few publicly released circumstances, and an investigation associated with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.Last Seen: Apr 17, 2017
