Michael O’Brien, 55, disappeared from Greenport, New York, on the evening of December 28, 2014. A builder by trade who had been facing unemployment and depression, he left his family home after a minor disagreement around 7:20 p.m. in his 2003 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, without his wallet, phone, or bank cards. His wife Mary reported him missing when he did not return.

On January 1, 2015, the truck was found unlocked in the Cross Sound Ferry terminal parking lot at Orient Point with Michael’s wallet, ID, and money inside. Surveillance footage showed him parking the truck shortly after leaving home and then walking eastward toward the beach; the footage confirmed he did not board a ferry or get into another vehicle. In the days after the truck was found, Southold Town Police, Suffolk County Police, and the U.S. Coast Guard conducted extensive searches of Orient Point by boat, helicopter, and all-terrain vehicle, covering the point, park, and surrounding beaches, but located no trace of him. Choppy water conditions hampered the search of the water.

The disappearance remains an active missing person investigation and unresolved for the family. If anyone was in the Orient Point area that night or has information about Michael’s movements after the footage shows him walking east toward the beach, please come forward.