November 7, 1997. New York City. 54-year old Michael Sullivan and his 36-year old girlfriend, Camden Sylvia, vanish without explanation from their loft in Manhattan and are reported missing six days later. Suspicion falls upon the couple’s landlord, Robert Rodriguez, who was involved in a dispute with them prior to their disappearances and refuses to cooperate with the investigation. It turns out that Rodriguez is connected to the unsolved disappearance of another man named David King which took place six years earlier and he eventually winds up going to prison on fraud charges. What happened to Michael Sullivan and Camden Sylvia? Was Robert Rodriguez responsible for their disappearances? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover a puzzling case involving a missing couple who seemingly vanished into thin air in downtown Manhattan.
If you have any information about this case, please call the New York Police Department at (646) 610-6914.
Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/camden-anne-sylvia
https://charleyproject.org/case/michael-sullivan
https://charleyproject.org/case/david-king
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/15/nyregion/a-couple-are-missing-and-friends-are-baffled.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/18/nyregion/2-are-missing-now-landlord-is-also-gone.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/19/nyregion/police-copters-scan-property-of-landlord.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/20/nyregion/search-blocked-in-case-of-3-who-vanished.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/25/nyregion/in-disappearance-case-landlord-s-vehicle-is-found.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/12/nyregion/body-seen-as-potential-clue-to-missing-3.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/06/nyregion/missing-couple-s-landlord-arraigned-in-fraud-case.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/12/08/housing-department
https://www.recordonline.com/article/20010217/news/302179983
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/archives-missing-manhattan-couple-article-1.259538
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Anatomy+of+a+building+in+distress.-a020189711
https://www.villagevoice.com/1998/08/04/birthday-wishes/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/709587296/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/709587377/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/709587261/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/408784163/
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