Overview

Last Seen: March 27, 2005
Location: Erv’s Lounge, 1916 63rd Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Age When Missing: 27
Date of Birth: March 13, 1978
Classification: Endangered Missing
Current Status: Missing; foul play suspected
NamUs Case Number: MP10620
Kenosha Police Case Number: 2005-057735
Doe Network Case Number: 6574DMWI

Main circumstances: Curry reportedly argued with two unidentified white men inside Erv’s Lounge. The dispute appeared to calm down, the men bought Curry a drink, and Curry was subsequently seen leaving with them. He has not been seen or heard from since. The identities of the two men have never been publicly established.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Bobby John Curry Missing Person Case: What Happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2005?

Bobby John Curry was 27 years old when he disappeared from Kenosha, Wisconsin, on March 27, 2005. More than two decades later, his disappearance remains unresolved. Investigators now suspect foul play, and the two unidentified men reportedly seen leaving a Kenosha bar with Curry remain central figures in the mystery.

Very Brief Case Summary

Last Seen: March 27, 2005
Location: Erv’s Lounge, 1916 63rd Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Age When Missing: 27
Date of Birth: March 13, 1978
Classification: Endangered Missing
Current Status: Missing; foul play suspected
NamUs Case Number: MP10620
Kenosha Police Case Number: 2005-057735
Doe Network Case Number: 6574DMWI

Main circumstances: Curry reportedly argued with two unidentified white men inside Erv’s Lounge. The dispute appeared to calm down, the men bought Curry a drink, and Curry was subsequently seen leaving with them. He has not been seen or heard from since. The identities of the two men have never been publicly established.

The Night Bobby Curry Disappeared

March 27, 2005, was Easter Sunday. According to a later interview with Curry’s former girlfriend, Patricia Wade, Curry stopped at her home that night to drop something off for their young children before going out.

Curry and several relatives later went to Erv’s Lounge at 1916 63rd Street in Kenosha. The location has since changed businesses and is no longer Erv’s Lounge.

Witness accounts indicate that Curry became involved in an argument with two white men at the bar. Whatever caused the confrontation apparently subsided. The two men reportedly bought Curry a drink, and Curry was later seen leaving Erv’s Lounge with them.

That is the last confirmed account of Bobby Curry before he disappeared.

The Two Unidentified Men

The identities of the two men who reportedly left the bar with Curry have remained one of the most significant unanswered questions in the case.

Available public records do not identify either man, and there is no indication that authorities have publicly named them as suspects. Their involvement therefore should not be characterized beyond what witnesses reportedly observed: Curry argued with them, the confrontation appeared to end peacefully, they bought him a drink, and Curry was later seen leaving with them.

Curry never returned home and, according to available accounts, did not resume contact with his mother, girlfriend or children.

Why Bobby Curry Was Not Immediately Reported Missing

Curry’s mother, Bertha Curry, reportedly became increasingly concerned when she did not hear from her son.

According to the 2024 Media Milwaukee investigation, Bertha reported Bobby missing on May 1, 2005—approximately a month after his disappearance.

There was another complication. Curry had an outstanding Probation and Parole warrant. According to police information reported by Media Milwaukee, the original investigator believed Curry might have deliberately disappeared to avoid arrest.

His information was entered into the National Crime Information Center so authorities could be alerted if he had contact with law enforcement elsewhere in the country.

No such contact surfaced.

Nearly a Year Passed With No Contact

On February 28, 2006, Bertha Curry returned to the Kenosha Police Department. Almost a year had passed, and she still had not heard from her son.

There reportedly had been no new police contact involving Curry anywhere in the United States through the national law-enforcement database.

Police sought identifying information that could assist in locating or identifying him, including dental information, blood type and descriptions of tattoos, scars or other distinguishing characteristics.

As time passed without any contact from Curry, the theory that he had simply left to avoid his warrant became increasingly difficult to reconcile with his prolonged disappearance.

The Investigation Received Renewed Attention

According to Detective Vicente Correa, as reported by Media Milwaukee, the case began receiving a more substantial investigation in 2010 after Detective James Beller was assigned to it.

Beller worked to renew public attention to Curry’s disappearance and obtained family DNA that could potentially assist investigators with future comparisons.

DNA was reportedly collected from Curry’s mother as well as his children.

The case also received television exposure in October 2012, when Beller appeared with reporter Jermont Terry in a TMJ4 “Crack That Case” segment about Curry’s disappearance.

Investigators Came to Suspect Foul Play

Over time, authorities moved away from the original possibility that Curry voluntarily disappeared because of his outstanding warrant.

The Charley Project currently classifies Curry as endangered missing and reports that foul play is suspected.

Wisconsin’s Clearinghouse for Missing & Exploited Children & Adults continues to list Curry as missing and identifies his last known location as Erv’s Lounge in Kenosha.

There has been no confirmed recovery of Curry’s remains and no publicly established homicide date. His disappearance therefore remains a missing-person investigation in public records, despite investigators’ suspicions that something happened to him after he left the bar.

Latest Publicly Reported Investigation Information

One of the most detailed modern examinations of Curry’s disappearance was published by Media Milwaukee in December 2024 following a three-month reporting project. Reporters interviewed Curry’s former girlfriend Patricia Wade and Kenosha Police investigators and sought records through Wisconsin open-records requests.

Kenosha Police declined to release reports from the active missing-person investigation but agreed to interviews.

By that point, Detective Vicente Correa had taken over the investigation after Beller was promoted to captain. Beller remained involved with the case.

Police indicated that investigative leads still existed. In a related Media Milwaukee report, investigators said one lead had resulted from television coverage of Curry’s disappearance. Correa said investigators had pursued what they could and were still waiting for the tip that could move the case forward.

The case gained another measure of national visibility on January 9, 2025, when the Doe Network announced that Bobby John Curry had been added to its missing-person database as case 6574DMWI.

Current Wisconsin Department of Justice records continue to list Curry as missing. As of the latest publicly available information reviewed for this article, there has been no announced arrest, identification of the two men reportedly seen with Curry, recovery of his remains or public resolution of the case.

What Bobby Curry Looked Like

Curry was 27 when he disappeared. He was approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 175 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Identifying characteristics include a tattoo reading “MOM” on his upper right arm and a tattoo of the letter “C” between his thumb and index finger. Records also note a pierced left ear, and he may have worn a beard or mustache.

Some records list his nickname or alias as “Snoop Curry.”

A Family Still Waiting for Answers

Curry left behind children who were approximately one year old when he disappeared. By the time Media Milwaukee revisited the case nearly 20 years later, those children were adults.

His mother, Bertha Curry, never received an answer about what happened to her son. She died in 2017.

Patricia Wade continued communicating with Kenosha Police and told reporters she wanted answers about what happened to Curry.

More than 20 years after he walked out of Erv’s Lounge, the central questions remain unchanged: Who were the two men seen with Bobby Curry that night, where did the three go after leaving the bar, and what happened afterward?

For investigators, information from someone who knew Curry, witnessed events at Erv’s Lounge, knew either unidentified man, or heard information about the disappearance afterward could still be significant.