Robert Lamot Branch

Robert Branch, a 35-year-old Black man, vanished into a Baltimore afternoon on October 2, 2014, after a last sighting near the 1700 block of Barclay Street. A friend watched him walk off around 2 p.m., and then—nothing. When calls went unanswered and a planned meet-up never happened, worry turned into dread; by October 4, he was officially reported missing, and his family began doing what families do when the clock keeps moving but answers don’t: they papered neighborhoods with fliers and se ...