MISSING: Gregory ‘Keith’ Mann Jr.
It’s the kind of detail that lingers: a meeting, just after midnight… that no one can explain.
In May 1997, 20-year-old Keith Mann was building a future—new apartment, new job, new fiancée. But sometime after being dropped off at home late that night, Keith stepped back out into the dark to meet someone. By morning, he was gone. The only thing left behind was a borrowed car from the dealership he’d been working at. Found abandoned in a church parking lot right next to his parent’s home.
Decades later, that midnight meeting is still a mystery. No one has ever come forward. If you remember Keith or anything about his life in Wichita Falls in 1997, his family is still searching for answers. You can share information or memories through the Missing Mann Project website or connect with them on the Missing Mann Project Facebook page, where they continue to keep Keith’s story alive – and hope that one day, the person he went to meet will finally be known.
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3-year-old Keith with his step-mom, Debra, and his father, Gregg.
Keith’s step-mother, Debra, and his father, Gregg
Source: The Missing Mann Project – Keith Mann / Facebook
Keith during his junior year of high school.
A photo of Keith age-progressed to 40 years old.
Episode Source Material
- Original reporting by Taylor Day.
- Wichita Falls PD Records.
- “Suspect Arrested in Burk Robbery.” Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), 12 Sept. 1978. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/779903711/. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
- “Man Pleads Guilty.” Wichita Falls Times (Wichita Falls, TX), 16 Jan. 1979. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/781603300. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
- Mann, Gregg, and Debra Mann. “Family Needs Help Finding Son.” Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), 12 June 1997. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/778446532. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Freeman, Trent. “Family Still Searching.” Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), 28 July 1997. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/778440466. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Wolfson, Monica. “Mann Family Prepared for Worst.” Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), 29 Apr. 1999. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/778686596. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Langdon, James. “Mann’s Disappearance Still Unsolved.” Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), 10 May 2007. Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/778993502. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Sweeten-Shults, Lana. “Keith Mann Vanished 19 Years Ago. His Parents Search for Answers.” Times Record News, 9 May 2016, https://archive.timesrecordnews.com/news/local/keith-mann-vanished-19-years-ago-his-parents-search-for-answers-322e86a0-62e8-790d-e053-0100007f781c-378546486.html. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Texoma’s Homepage. “Unraveling the Mysteries: The Disappearance of Keith Mann.” 11 May 2021, https://www.texomashomepage.com/unraveling-the-mysteries/unraveling-the-mysteries-the-disappearance-of-keith-mann/?ipid=promo-link-block1. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
- Choate, Trish. “Crime of the Week: Where Is Keith Mann? $25,000 Reward Offered.” Times Record News, 3 May 2022, https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/2022/05/03/crime-week-disappearance-keith-mann/9633789002/. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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