Fundraiser Started By 'Afraid' Family Of Missing Upper West Side Man

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Tattoo artist Drexyll Tolstoy never returned to his Upper West Side home on Sept. 25, and now his family is putting out the call for help.

Tolstoy, 26, was last seen that day around 9:25 p.m. near 39 W. 32nd St., police said. He was reported missing shortly after.

The address is the location of Black Fish Tattoo, which appears in a bio for an Instagram page that seems to belong to Tolstoy.

After months with no leads, his mother Kellie Tolstoy has started a fundraiser to bring a search team from their native Detroit, Michigan to New York City to hopefully help find her son.

"The NYPD has NO LEADS," Kellie wrote in the GoFundMe. "Drexyll disappeared without a trace, with no phone use, no bank activity, no use of his metro pass, and without even his I.D. Drexyll is kind, soft spoken, loves animals, and is missed greatly by his loved ones. He has NEVER gone without contacting his family or friends. Never not shown up for work and for his clients."

Kellie, who along with Tolstoy's father are Persian Gulf Navy veterans, is looking to raise $10,000 in order to travel to New York City with friends and family.

Kellie mentions that the NYPD "understandably" prioritizes missing people reports for children and vulnerable senior citizens among the thousands the department receives every year.

"We are afraid that something bad has happened, and we need to find him," Kellie wrote on the fundraiser.

So far, the GoFundMe has raised $5,500 of its $10,000 goal.

Here is a second photo of Tolstoy that the NYPD provided.

You can check out more information on the GoFundMe — here.

The WestSideRag was the first publication to report on the fundraiser for Tolstoy.