Willie Moore, a 61-year-old Black man, was last known to be in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 3, 2022. His last known circumstances were connected to Methodist University Hospital, where he had reportedly been receiving care before being released sometime during October 2022. After that release, Willie was not seen by his family again. The precise date and time he left the hospital, where he intended to go afterward, and whether anyone accompanied or spoke with him are not publicly documented.
What began as an ordinary hospital discharge became a prolonged and painful absence for the people who knew him, with his family left without a clear account of his movements or well-being after he departed. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System lists his disappearance as case MP156052 and records Memphis as his missing location and October 3, 2022, as his date of last contact.
Willie is described as approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 195 pounds. He has brown eyes and sandy-colored hair that was worn in a small Afro hairstyle. Publicly available case information does not identify the clothing, shoes, jewelry, identification, personal belongings, or other accessories he may have had with him when he was last seen. No vehicle or other means of transportation has been associated with his disappearance, and there is no published account explaining whether he planned to walk, take public transportation, receive a ride, or travel to a particular residence or destination after leaving the hospital. These missing details make reconstructing his final known day especially difficult. Even seemingly modest information—such as a confirmed sighting, a conversation, a transportation record, or knowledge of a place he commonly visited—could help establish what happened after his release.
The case is being investigated by the Memphis Police Department under agency case number 2510025034ME. The department’s Investigative Services structure includes a Personal Crimes division responsible for missing-person matters, and the department works with other law-enforcement agencies when reviewing and investigating cases. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also maintains a statewide Missing Persons Clearinghouse designed to support local, state, and national efforts to locate missing individuals. State authorities emphasize that a person is considered missing when their whereabouts are unknown to relatives, caretakers, or others who normally have contact with them, and that missing-person reports do not require a waiting period.
The passage of time has left Willie’s loved ones with an enduring lack of answers. Because his disappearance followed a hospital stay, information about his condition when he was discharged, his intended destination, his ability to travel independently, and the people with whom he may have communicated could be particularly significant. However, official public records provide only a limited narrative and do not explain why the case was not formally reported to the investigating agency until considerably later. That gap does not lessen the importance of the family’s concern; instead, it underscores how difficult it can become to recover records, memories, surveillance footage, and witness accounts after years have passed. Willie should be remembered not simply as a case number, but as a person whose absence has affected relatives and others who continue to deserve a truthful explanation.
Anyone who encountered Willie Moore in Memphis around the time of his hospital release, knew where he planned to stay, provided him transportation, communicated with him afterward, or has learned anything about his subsequent whereabouts may possess information that could help investigators. The Memphis Police Department can be contacted through its main number at 901-636-3700, and information may also be provided to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND. In overview, Willie was a 61-year-old man whose family lost contact with him after he was released from a Memphis hospital in October 2022; few details of his departure or intended destination have been made public, no clothing or transportation information is available, and the central unanswered question remains what happened to him after he left the hospital and disappeared from the lives of those waiting for him.Last Seen: Oct 3, 2022
