Dallas police are searching for Daryl Foreman, a 61-year-old man last seen Friday, September 11, 2026, around 5 p.m. in the 600 block of South Griffin Street in downtown Dallas, wearing a black shirt with Super Mario on the front and a blue Walmart cap. Officers say Foreman may be confused and in need of assistance, and they have asked the public for help locating him amid some of the hottest September weather North Texas has recorded in years.
According to DPD Beat, Foreman is a Black man standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing approximately 160 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Along with the Super Mario shirt and Walmart cap, he was last seen wearing black slacks and blue tennis shoes. His case has been logged under missing-person case number 134260-2026, and the Dallas Police Department is asking anyone with information to call 911 or (214) 671-4268.
The stretch of South Griffin Street where Foreman disappeared includes The Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Bruton Theater and forms part of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center campus, according to a report by FOX 4 News. The search area is in downtown Dallas, where officers are looking for him.
Transit Changes Complicate a Familiar Block
Foreman went missing in a stretch of downtown near the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
Why No Statewide Silver Alert
Foreman is 61, below the 65-year age threshold that Texas Government Code § 411.382 requires for a statewide Silver Alert. Dallas police classify Foreman's case as a critical missing investigation. The case is also addressed under Texas missing-person procedures.
Under Dallas Police Department General Orders, a critical missing designation triggers an immediate 24-hour active field search by patrol officers across the city, rather than routing the report through routine administrative processing. Department procedures also contain no mandatory waiting period before family members or caregivers can file a missing person report for a vulnerable adult. The published notice includes Foreman's case number and description.
Record Heat Raises the Stakes
The urgency is amplified by weather. The Dallas-Fort Worth area recorded 12 days with temperatures reaching at least 100 degrees during September, a regional record for September triple-digit heat, according to KERA News. That kind of extended heat underscores the urgency of a search for a person police believe may not be oriented to his surroundings.
Foreman's disappearance is a missing-person case handled by Dallas police. Statewide, Texas law enforcement agencies logged 40,309 total missing person reports in 2025, including 12,080 involving adults 18 and older, according to data compiled by the Texas Center for the Missing.
Anyone with information on Foreman's whereabouts is urged to call 911 or the Dallas Police Department at (214) 671-4268.
