Matthew Marshall Chase was 22 and living in Pasadena when he disappeared after leaving home on the night of June 8, 1988 to cash a paycheck. He left with only his bank card; surveillance and bank records show he deposited the check and later made several ATM attempts, including an unusual return to the same machine about 30 minutes after a successful deposit and a reported attempt to withdraw $280 he did not have. One ATM clip shows a man standing very close to him, prompting concern he may have been forced.

Matt’s car was found abandoned about two weeks later with a blue bandanna inside that did not belong to him. His remains were recovered in a Pasadena ravine and identified September 17, 1988; the cause of death was a gunshot wound and the body appeared to have been dumped. Investigators later focused on David Bear Meza, identified from the ATM photo by a girlfriend; Meza was murdered within 48 hours of Matt’s disappearance. The possibility of accomplices was not ruled out.

Were any readers in Pasadena in 1988 who remember seeing Matt’s car, the blue bandanna, or unusual activity around ATMs that night?