Courtesy Photo John Morris

John Morris left the home in the 24000 block of White's Ferry Road at 11 p.m. July 30, shortly after he broke up with his partner, whom police said was verbally abusive.

"He had an altercation with his boyfriend, and he asked him to leave," said Montgomery County Police Detective Roderick Stephens.

"At this point, there's definitely foul play or possibly suicide," Stephens said. "He could be anywhere between here and New Jersey."

That's where his parents live and where Morris was supposed to be heading. When he didn't show up or call, his mother, Madeline Morris, reported him missing.

That was three weeks after he disappeared from the driveway where he was last seen, apparently waiting for a ride, according to Stephens.

"She thought he might have stayed with friends," Stephens said. "She didn't know when he was leaving."

Police Cpl. Jimmy Robinson is a public information officer at the Montgomery County headquarters. "Morris was estranged from his family, but they spoke on the phone once a week," he said. "His parents told us their son was in a verbally abusive relationship."

Stephens, the lone detective on the case, said "we've checked every place he had been in for alcohol treatment and the hospitals. It's just kind of weird -- six months."

But, the detective said, "If he doesn't want to be found, he won't be."

Robinson said officers went to the home to check on Morris' welfare after a neighbor saw him standing in his driveway. When police got there, Morris was gone, but his white pickup truck bearing New Jersey tags was still there.

Robinson said Morris' significant other was not in town at the time Morris went to the house to gather his belongings.

That done, the spokesman said it looked like Morris was waiting for a ride, but police don't know if he was picked up or took off on foot and possibly hitch-hiked.

Robinson said Morris is suicidal and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He had no medication for depression with him when he left.

Kylen Johnson, of Clarksburg, Maryland Missing Persons Coordinator, asked for help in publicizing the case.

She said Morris is 6 feet tall and 185 pounds. He has a large tattoo of a snake on his right forearm and a tattoo of a scorpion on his left shoulder. His hair is graying brown and his eyes are light brown.

Johnson said Morris is a talented artist who is very outgoing and makes friends easily. He may be working as a landscaper or a handyman. He is also a glazier who can repair broken car windows.