Frightened mother travels to NYC from Detroit in determined seek for tattoo artist son lacking for 3 months

A involved mom was set to drive to New York Metropolis from Detroit Monday to attempt to discover her tattoo artist son who vanished on his means house from work again in September.

Mother Kellie Tolstoy is desperately hoping for the most effective within the three-monthlong seek for her 26-year-old son, Drexyll Tolstoy, who disappeared after he left Black Fish Tattoo on W. thirty second St. close to Herald Sq..

“Our hope by coming to New York is that we’ll both be capable of someway get fortunate and discover him or convey consideration to individuals within the space to have them look out for him,” Kellie Tolstoy stated.

Cops formally reported that Tolstoy was lacking on Sept. 26. He was final seen a day earlier at about 9:25 p.m. close to W. thirty second St. and Sixth Ave., police stated. The NYPD rereleased its request for the general public’s assist in discovering him on Nov. 16.

Tolstoy had been residing within the metropolis for the previous six years. He left work about 6 p.m. — with a safety digital camera taking an image of him then.

His girlfriend of 10 years, Kristian Gonzalez, 27, noticed that he didn’t come to work on Sept. 26 and reported him lacking that evening.

“He informed me that he was on the films round 9 or so, and that was the final I heard of him,” she stated. “He stated he was going to go see ‘Bullet Practice.’”

However cops stated there was no exhibiting of that film at the moment.

Gonzalez grew to become very involved when he didn’t seem at work. “It’s not the primary time he hadn’t come house earlier than. He’s fairly nomadic. He goes out and he does his factor, however he all the time appears to handle to come back again,” she stated.

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The mother stated she final spoke to her son on Sept. 25 about 9:30 p.m.

He’d been having some difficulties recently each together with his relationship and with some melancholy points by way of COVID, she stated.

Drexyll had been on temper treatment for about 5 years, however the kind of meds he was on had been modified a few week earlier, his mom stated.

“I used to be speaking to him attempting to ensure he was doing OK together with his new meds,” she stated. “I used to be simply attempting to really feel across the edges to see how he felt and if he was doing OK.”

She described him as “light and soft-spoken.” “He’s a terrific tattoo artist,” she stated. “He’s not an extrovert, however he’s considerate and type.”

Tolstoy embellished himself with a spread of tattoos, together with an excerpt from a letter his mother despatched him which says, “I’m so happy with you. I like you a lot.”

He was born in Naples, Italy, and grew up in Detroit. His dad and mom are each Gulf Battle veterans and have been stationed in Italy after they met.