It has now been 20 years since Tristan Courtland Turner disappeared, and his case remains unsolved. Turner, who was 22 at the time, was last seen on August 20, 2005, leaving his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland, to travel to Baltimore. He never returned and has not been heard from since. At the time of his disappearance, Turner was driving a borrowed black 2002 Honda Civic Del Sol with Maryland license plates.
Turner is described as a white male, standing 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 185 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has several distinctive tattoos, including a skull on the underside of his right forearm, a gun on his left forearm, and another gun on his right ankle. Social media commenters have stated that the vehicle he was in was found, impounded by police, and searched, with no credible evidence that helped determine his whereabouts.
The case is officially classified as that of an endangered missing person and remains open with the Montgomery County Police Department. It is documented in major missing persons databases, including NamUs (MP-8254) and The Doe Network (Case 4913DMMD), where his unique tattoos and other identifiers are highlighted in hopes of generating leads…