Jack D. Dowdy Jr., known to some as Bubs, was 22 when he disappeared from Albuquerque in May 1986. He was in the city for a five-day union trade school and had arranged to stay with a cousin from May 11 to May 15. He dropped his girlfriend off at her mother’s home on the evening of May 11, attended classes on May 12, but never returned to his cousin’s house where he had left two boxes of clothes and other belongings.

The key clue came on May 13, when Dowdy’s car was found abandoned at the Penguin Lounge, across the street from the union school; his school books were inside the vehicle. The official date of last contact is recorded as May 14, 1986. He was described at the time as having blond or strawberry-colored hair and green eyes.

The Albuquerque Police Department’s Cold Case Unit continues to seek information about his whereabouts. What did anyone see or hear in Albuquerque around May 11–14, 1986 that might help explain what happened to Jack Dowdy Jr.?