Jun 02, 2011
Jul 29, 2020
David
Cunillera
47
22
65 inches
66 inches
145 lbs
150 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
On April 28, 1999, a 22-year-old man named David E. Cunillera was at a friend's house in the small community of Lake Winola, Pennsylvania. That day, he spoke to his mother on the phone, reassuring her that he was on his way home to New York City. His plan was to take a taxi to the nearby city of Scranton and from there, board a bus that would take him back to his family. This phone call was the last time his mother would ever hear his voice. David, a male of Hispanic and Caucasian descent with brown hair and green eyes, seemingly vanished after that conversation, never arriving in Scranton and never making it back to the city he called home. In the years that have passed since David's disappearance, his family has been left with a painful void and a series of unanswered questions. At the time he went missing, David was described as being approximately five feet six inches tall and weighing around 145 pounds. He had a distinctive scar on his forehead and a prominent tattoo across his chest that read "Thug World," framed by a gun at the beginning and end of the words. Known to some by the nickname "Hollywood," his sudden silence was out of character. The journey from Lake Winola to Scranton was supposed to be a simple, straightforward trip, yet it marked the beginning of an enduring mystery. The investigation into what happened to David Cunillera has remained open, a cold case filled with uncertainty. The central mystery is what occurred after he ended the call with his mother. There has been no evidence to confirm that he ever got into the taxi he mentioned, or that he even made it out of Lake Winola. Without any subsequent contact, financial transactions, or credible sightings, investigators and his family are left to ponder the circumstances that led to his disappearance. The case is an overview of a young man on the verge of returning home, whose journey was inexplicably cut short, leaving behind only silence and the enduring hope for answers.
Apr 28, 1999
Lake Winola
Pennsylvania
Wyoming County
No
10261
Pennsylvania State Police
Tunkhannock
Pennsylvania
Wyoming County
18657
Sean Cooney
Tpr
6039 State Route 6, Pennsylvania
5708362141
State
Law Enforcement
PO6-0411790
1999-05-02
Pennsylvania State Police
Brown
Green
Green
06/01/2026