Arkadiy was last seen in Staten Island, New York on January 26, 2005. He had been visiting a friend and was last seen departing for home at 2:45 a.m. He never arrived and has never been heard from again. His cellular phone was left behind at home when he vanished. Later that morning, Arkadiy's parents found a message he had written and left beneath a television remote in his bedroom. It read; "Sorry about this. No wake, no funeral." Some agencies classify Arkadiy as a runaway, but he is considered to be an endangered missing person due to his depression and the note he left. His disappearance remains unsolved. He has brown hair and blue eyes. Arkadiy's nickname is Ark. He is a Russian national who emigrated to the United States in 1996, he's fluent in Russian and English.