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Reginald Lamar Kirtdoll was 17 years old when he disappeared from Dallas, Texas, on January 23, 2001.
He would be 43 today.
More than 25 years have passed, but Reginald remains listed in the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse. DPS classifies his case as Endangered.
DPS lists his nickname as “Lil’Man.”
The official photograph associated with his case preserves the face of a teenager. The person authorities are searching for today would be a middle-aged man.
That passage of time makes Reginald’s photograph both important and incomplete.
Look at the teenager in the picture.
Then imagine the years that have passed.
Someone may still recognize something familiar. Someone may remember Reginald. Someone may remember the vehicle he was driving. Someone may know something about what happened after he disappeared.
After more than a quarter-century, that information could still matter.
Texas DPS identifies Reginald as a Black male who was 17 when he disappeared from Dallas.
He was born May 12, 1983.
At the time of his disappearance, DPS described Reginald as approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Authorities also documented two identifying characteristics that could remain significant even as his appearance changed with age: a scar beneath his right eye and a tattoo of the letters “R.L.K.” on his left arm.
When Reginald was last seen, DPS says he was wearing a black-and-blue polo shirt, blue jeans and black-and-white Reebok tennis shoes.
His Texas DPS case number is M0102005.
The current DPS record contains another significant detail.
Texas DPS states that the vehicle Reginald had been driving was subsequently found abandoned in Kaufman County.
The current bulletin does not provide further circumstances explaining how the vehicle came to be there or what happened to Reginald afterward.
Those unanswered questions are important, but they are not an invitation to fill the gaps with speculation.
This awareness feature is limited to the current official DPS record. Additional allegations or theories would require independent verification through underlying law-enforcement or court records.
What the current official record establishes is enough to warrant continued attention:
Reginald disappeared.
His vehicle was later found abandoned.
And more than 25 years later, Texas DPS still lists him as missing.
A photograph taken around the time someone disappears can become increasingly difficult to use as the years pass.
Reginald was 17 in 2001.
He would now be 43.
His face, hair, weight and overall appearance may have changed substantially. No one should assume that a man encountered today would look exactly like the teenager shown in his missing-person photograph.
But some things may remain recognizable.
The scar beneath his right eye.
The “R.L.K.” tattoo documented on his left arm.
His facial features.
And, perhaps most importantly, his name and the memories of people who knew him.
That is why an old missing-person case can still benefit from being seen again.
Twenty-five years changes more than appearances.
People move. Relationships change. Circumstances change. Someone who was unwilling or unable to speak in 2001 may be in a very different position today.
The Texas Public Record is not suggesting that any particular person has withheld information about Reginald’s disappearance.
The point is simpler: the passage of time does not make old information worthless.
A memory, conversation, observation or other piece of information may mean more when investigators can place it alongside evidence accumulated over decades.
Anyone with information should provide it to authorities rather than attempting to investigate the case independently.
Anyone with information that could help authorities locate Reginald or determine what happened to him can contact:
Texas DPS Missing Persons Clearinghouse
512-424-5074
1-800-346-3243
Texas DPS case: M0102005
For an immediate sighting or emergency, call 911.
More than 25 years is a long time to be missing.
It is long enough for a 17-year-old boy to have become a 43-year-old man. Long enough for appearances to change and memories to fade.
It is not a reason to stop looking.
Please share Reginald’s official photograph and verified information. Look beyond the age of the picture and remember the person authorities are searching for today may look very different from the teenager photographed in 2001.
Remember his name: Reginald Lamar Kirtdoll.
Keep Reginald visible. Help bring him home.
Texas DPS — Reginald Lamar Kirtdoll, case M0102005
Status verified: September 23, 2026
The Texas Public Record
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