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Cleveland Police Search for Man Missing More Than a Year

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Published on November 11, 2026
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Cleveland police are asking anyone with information to come forward in the case of a man who has now been missing for over a year.

According to Cleveland 19 News, the Cleveland Division of Police is asking for help locating Phoenix Phillips, who has been missing for more than a year.

The search did not last a year: Phillips, 24, was visiting from Maryland for the Oct. 1 Browns-Steelers game and was last seen around 6 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, near West Superior Avenue and Robert Lockwood Drive. Police said he was reported missing that morning. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified Phillips as the person whose body was recovered near Jacobs Pavilion on Sept. 29, closing the missing-person search, Cleveland 19 reported.

The Search for Phoenix Phillips

Police are seeking help locating Phoenix Phillips, who has been missing for more than a year.

Phoenix Phillips has been missing for more than a year.

Cleveland Missing, which assisted Phillips’ family during the search, is a local organization co-founded by Gina DeJesus and Sylvia Colon. It provides direct support to families and friends of missing people, from the initial missing-person report through recovery. News 5 reported that the group’s social worker met with Phillips’ family and that the organization helped them while they were in Cleveland, the organization’s website and News 5’s coverage show.

How to Help

Anyone with information on Phoenix Phillips's whereabouts is asked to come forward.