MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 1999-29
Silas Sessions Jr.
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Charleston, South Carolina
Summary:
Silas Sessions Jr., a 55-year-old African American male, was reported missing on July 11, 1999, after he left Charleston Memorial Hospital on July 9, 1999. Sessions told his mother he was going across the street to buy cigarettes, and ended up at Charleston Memorial Hospital. After being released from the hospital, Sessions refused assistance from both a taxi driver and a police officer, and then walked away.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Sessions suffered from mental problems and was a heavy drinker. He was taken to a local hospital after he fell on the pavement while returning home from a gasoline station. After being released, Sessions was seen leaving the hospital and approaching a cab. As he reached the taxi, he got into an argument with the driver who later refused to take him anywhere. A police officer was called to help him get home, but Sessions refused the ride, and then walked away. He was reported missing on July 11, 1999.
Additional Details:
In the years that followed, the missing persons case changed hands three times. Eventually, it was put on the back burner as detectives focused on new cases. Police believe Sessions could have fallen or been injured by some of the construction downtown...but search after search led nowhere. No foul play is suspected because no unusual deaths in the area have been reported since he disappeared. Vital records checks with the Coroners Office were also made to make sure no bodies were left unidentified. In the Sessions case, police thought they had a break in November 1999 when someone called the department and told detectives he was Silas Sessions and that he was "OK." In 2005, the Charleston Police Department started what is believed to be the first municipal missing persons unit in the state.
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Timeline of Events
Police thought they had a break in November 1999 when someone called the department and told detectives he was Silas Sessions and that he was "OK."
He was reported missing on July 11, 1999.
Later that day, Sessions was admitted to Charleston Memorial Hospital on Calhoun Street after he fell on the pavement while returning home from a gas station.
A police officer was called to help him get home, but Sessions refused the ride, and then walked away.
After being released, Sessions was seen leaving the hospital and approaching a cab. As he reached the taxi, he got into an argument with the driver who later refused to take him anywhere.
On the morning of July 9, his mother was cooking breakfast when he told her he was going across the street to buy cigarettes.
Associated Persons
Richard M. (Law enforcement) - Living
Susana S. (Mother) - Living
Kelly F. (Investigating detective) - Living
Sherry N. (Investigating detective) - Living
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