Michael Fraunz was 58 and living at the La Paz Geropsychiatric Center in Los Angeles when he disappeared from the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa on July 23, 1998. He was on a supervised field trip with other residents and became separated from the group; a thorough search of the fairgrounds turned up no trace of him.

Fraunz was mentally disabled and dependent on care, and his case is classified as endangered. At the time he vanished he wore a red baseball cap, white t-shirt, brown pants, and glasses. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate and seeks information that could explain what happened that day.

If anyone attended the fair on July 23, 1998, or remembers seeing a man matching his description, please come forward with what you know.