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Sep 27, 2023
Mar 12, 2024
Michael
Lawrence
63
58
72 inches
238 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the winter of 2019, a sense of unease settled over a family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as they lost contact with 59-year-old Michael Charles Lawrence. A white male, standing at an imposing six feet tall and weighing around 238 pounds, with graying hair and blue eyes, Michael was a familiar presence in his community. The last confirmed communication with him occurred on December 19, 2019. After that day, his voice fell silent, and his familiar figure was no longer seen in his usual haunts. Concern grew with each passing day that stretched into weeks with no word, prompting his loved ones to take the difficult step of officially reporting him missing. The Tulsa Police Department was tasked with the investigation into Michael's sudden and unexplained disappearance, assigning it case number 2020-001379. The report was filed on January 8, 2020, nearly three weeks after his last known contact. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance were, and remain, frustratingly vague. There were no immediate signs of foul play, no known disputes, and no clear indication of where he might have gone. He seemingly vanished without a trace, leaving behind a life and a family who anxiously awaited any news of his whereabouts. As the investigation unfolded, details about his life were shared in the hopes of jogging someone's memory. Residing in Tulsa, both his primary residence and the location from which he went missing were noted to be on tribal land. Despite the efforts of law enforcement and the circulation of his description, the case grew cold. The official record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) under case number MP108988 offers a stark and limited summary of the situation, noting only the date of last contact. To this day, the disappearance of Michael Charles Lawrence remains an open and unresolved case, a painful ambiguity for those who continue to hope for answers.
Dec 19, 2019
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
Yes
129987
Tulsa Police Department
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
74103
600 Civic Center, Oklahoma
9185969143
Local
Law Enforcement
2020-001379
2020-01-08
Tulsa Police Department
Gray or Partially Gray
Blue
Blue
06/18/2026
