Patrick Jay Hamlin was 62 years old when he was last seen in Kent, Washington, on February 18, 2021. Public online references identify him as an adult male missing person whose case appeared among The Charley Project’s May 8, 2024 case updates, placing his name within a broader record of long-term missing person cases maintained for public awareness. The available online record is sparse, and that scarcity is part of the weight of this case: beyond his name, age, gender, last-seen date, and last-seen location, few publicly accessible details have been made available about the circumstances leading up to his disappearance, what he may have been doing that day, who last had contact with him, or what immediate searches or investigative steps followed.
In Washington, missing person cases are first reported to the primary law enforcement agency where the person was last seen, and statewide support can involve the Washington State Patrol’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit when requested by family, legal guardians, or the investigating agency. The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs explains that Washington’s missing persons website exists under state law to post relevant information about people reported missing in the state, with data supplied daily by the Washington State Patrol. In Patrick’s case, the known location of Kent places the matter within a jurisdiction where missing person reports may be reviewed for signs of risk or foul play, and King County describes its missing-persons process as one in which the Major Crimes Unit analyzes missing persons and runaway reports, with suspected foul play assigned to a Major Crimes detective.
The limited public information leaves many unanswered questions. There is no detailed public timeline explaining Patrick’s movements before February 18, 2021, no widely available description of the setting where he was last seen, and no public account identifying whether he left on foot, by vehicle, or under circumstances that immediately alarmed those who knew him. What remains visible online is the outline of a man whose disappearance entered the long-term missing person landscape: his name persisted in public case-update records years after he was last seen, suggesting that his absence continued to matter and that his story had not simply faded from notice. For loved ones, that kind of silence can be especially painful, because the absence of public detail does not mean the absence of grief, concern, or the need for answers.
Nationally, NamUs describes itself as a centralized resource for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, used by law enforcement, families, medical examiners, coroners, and other professionals to help compare case information and support resolutions. That broader context matters for Patrick’s case because long-term missing person investigations often depend on sustained documentation, renewed public attention, and the careful comparison of records over time. Without a publicly reported resolution, the online record reviewed does not establish that Patrick has been found alive or deceased. The case therefore stands, in public view, as the disappearance of a 62-year-old man from Kent, Washington, last seen on February 18, 2021, with few released details, no clear public explanation for what happened, and an enduring need for credible information that could help clarify the path from the day he was last seen to the present.
Last Seen: Feb 18, 2021
