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Michael William Negrete, property 18, disappeared from Los Angeles, California connected December 10, 1999.
Michael’s lawsuit is 1 that has received a just magnitude of publicity, and his disappearance, successful definite ways, is similar a modern time repetition of Ronald Tammen’s disappearance backmost successful the aboriginal 1950’s.
Michael was a freshman astatine UCLA successful 1999, and had received a euphony scholarship. He played the trumpet and was a subordinate of a set called Island Fever. He lived successful the dorms astatine the college; his country was connected the sixth level of Dykstra Hall, located astatine Gayley Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard.
On the nighttime of Michael’s disappearance, helium attended a enactment connected his level earlier returning to his room. From then, helium was wrong his dorm country playing an online video crippled with a person successful different room. At 4:00am, erstwhile the crippled ended, Michael logged out. He went to congratulate his person down the hall, and was past seen by this person returning to his ain room. When his roommate woke up astatine 9:00am, Michael was gone and each of his idiosyncratic belongings were near successful the room, including his wallet. He did not person a conveyance connected campus.
Some sources authorities helium was playing a crippled with aggregate radical and that helium went to each of their rooms aft the crippled ended.
Nobody could travel up with immoderate crushed wherefore Michael would person near successful the mediate of the night. Although astir reports specifically authorities that Michael did not person immoderate known cause oregon intoxicant issues, his member has since admitted that helium was alert of Michael’s caller involvement successful attending raves and usage of the cause ecstasy. He believes this whitethorn person played a relation successful Michael’s disappearance.
It was brought to the attraction of authorities that a man, astir 35 years old, was seen successful Dykstra Hall a small aft 4:00am connected the greeting Michael disappeared. The individuality of this antheral is unknown, and it’s unclear wherefore helium was successful the gathering oregon if helium ever came into interaction with Michael. Police person released a sketch of this man, and would similar to question him to find whether helium whitethorn person seen anything.
There was besides an unconfirmed sighting of idiosyncratic fitting Michael’s statement exiting the gathering astatine astir 4:35am, but nary 1 could beryllium definite if this idiosyncratic was Michael. (I’ve seen an alternate relationship which states this idiosyncratic was captured connected surveillance footage, arsenic opposed to being seen by witnesses. I’ve besides seen it stated that determination were nary cameras successful the dorm successful 1999.)
Tracking dogs were brought to Dykstra Hall, and they traced Michael’s scent to a autobus halt astatine Sunset Boulevard and Bellagio Street successful Los Angeles, which is 1.7 miles distant from the dorm, but that was wherever the way ended.
There has been nary enactment connected his slope accounts oregon societal information fig since helium disappeared.
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