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Charley Project
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: November 22, 1991 from Heflin, Alabama
Classification: Missing
Date of Birth: January 23, 1973
Age: 18 years old
Height and Weight: 6'1, 220 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Morris was last seen in Heflin, Alabama on November 22, 1991. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.
Sister Hoping This Is Last Thanksgiving Without Answers in Brother's 1991 Disappearance
Heflin family, police asking for help finding man who went missing in 1991 - April 2015
Charley Project
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: November 22, 1991 from Heflin, Alabama
Classification: Missing
Date of Birth: January 23, 1973
Age: 18 years old
Height and Weight: 6'1, 220 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance
Morris was last seen in Heflin, Alabama on November 22, 1991. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.
Sister Hoping This Is Last Thanksgiving Without Answers in Brother's 1991 Disappearance
Nichole Young's memories as a young girl all involve her older brother Jerome.
"We were very close. He taught me basically everything, except for how to tie my shoes. I actually taught him that," Nichole told Dateline.
But instead of watching her big brother go to college, get married, have a career and family, Nichole is left wondering what life would have been for him. This week marks 25 years since Jerome disappeared.
Jerome and Nichole's mother had just had surgery on her knee, Nichole remembers, and she was helping her in the kitchen cooking dinner when she spotted a red, sports car out front.
"I told him that this red car was outside. He went out and I saw him talking to the woman inside it," Nichole told Dateline.
Jerome knew the woman -- she was someone their mother had told him to stay away from. "He came back in and told his mother she had been sent by their older brother to get him," Nichole said. "My mom trusted him and so he went, saying he'd be back later. He never did come home."
When their oldest brother came to the house later that evening, Nichole says their mother asked where Jerome was. It turns out, the brother hadn't sent anyone to come get Jerome. "He told our momma Jerome probably just said that so he could get out of the house and would be back."
Last year, Nichole heard news that rekindled her hope for answers. The Chief of Police for the Heflin Police Department, A.J. Benefield, was reopening the case. It turns out, he went to high school with Jerome and the two had played football together, according to Nichole.
The new investigation has been active, but difficult, officials have said. A tip called in led investigators to a plot of land in Georgia, where the person said Jerome may be buried. Cadaver dogs were brought in, but nothing in connection with the case was found, Nichole told Dateline.
The various hurdles don't discourage Nichole. She believes someone still out there knows exactly what happened that November day all those years ago.
Heflin family, police asking for help finding man who went missing in 1991 - April 2015