Maurice Lamar Smith, a male missing person from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was last seen or last known to have had contact on October 1, 2014, when he was in his early forties. Public missing-person records identify him as Maurice Smith or Maurice Lamar Smith, and the available online sources place his disappearance in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in the 74103 area of Tulsa.
The details that remain publicly available are spare, but they establish the heart of the case: Maurice was a man with family who noticed his absence, and after October 2014, he was no longer seen by at least one close relative. Oklahoma Cold Cases lists his missing age as 40, while other publicly indexed information connected to the case has described him as 41; the consistent point across the records is that Maurice was an adult male in his early forties when he disappeared from Tulsa.
The most direct account of the circumstances comes from the brief statement preserved in public case summaries: Maurice’s brother said he had not seen him since October 2014. That single sentence is the central known circumstance in the public record, and it leaves the case suspended in uncertainty. There is no detailed public narrative describing a final conversation, a known destination, a last confirmed address, a vehicle, a specific intersection, or the clothing Maurice may have been wearing when he was last seen. What is known is that his absence became significant enough for his name to be entered into missing-person records, and that his brother’s statement became the recorded starting point for understanding how long Maurice had been gone.
Maurice is described in online missing-person sources as a Black or African American male. Oklahoma Cold Cases also includes Asian in the race or ethnicity field. His listed physical description places him at approximately 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, or about 68 to 69 inches, and between approximately 145 and 150 pounds. His hair is listed as black, and Oklahoma Cold Cases lists his eyes as brown. These identifying details are important because they are among the few publicly available facts that may help someone connect a memory, a sighting, or an old piece of information to Maurice’s name.
Maurice’s case is listed in NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, under case number MP57479. NamUs records the case as a missing-person case for Maurice Lamar Smith from Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a date of last contact of October 1, 2014. NamUs is a national clearinghouse used to document and compare missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States, and its presence in Maurice’s case means that his disappearance was entered into a broader system intended to help families, investigators, and agencies share information across jurisdictions. Oklahoma Cold Cases states that the NamUs case was created on May 20, 2019, while the publicly accessible NamUs page shows a later displayed creation date, reflecting how limited and sometimes differently formatted public records can be in long-term missing-person cases.
The available public sources do not provide a confirmed explanation for what happened to Maurice after October 2014. They do not state that he has been found alive, and they do not state that he has been located deceased. Because of that, the publicly available narrative remains unresolved. There is also no publicly detailed investigative theory in the sources reviewed, no stated evidence of foul play, no public suspect information, and no confirmed timeline beyond the brother’s report that Maurice had not been seen since October 2014. In cases like this, the absence of detail can be especially difficult for loved ones, because it leaves room for many possibilities while offering few concrete answers.
Over time, Maurice Lamar Smith’s disappearance has remained defined by a small set of facts: he was a male in his early forties, listed in public sources as Black or African American, last seen or last known to have contact on October 1, 2014, in Tulsa, Oklahoma; he stood around 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed roughly 145 to 150 pounds, had black hair, and was connected to NamUs case MP57479. His brother reported that he had not seen him since October 2014, and no public source reviewed provides a confirmed resolution. The overview of the case is that Maurice disappeared from Tulsa in 2014, his family’s concern became part of the official missing-person record, the public case details remain limited, and the need for credible information continues to sit at the center of his story.Last Seen: Oct 1, 2014
