Michael Patrick Rhine was 24 when he was last seen in Vancouver, Washington, on July 24, 2003. He is 6 feet tall, about 170 pounds, with red or auburn hair, hazel eyes and a long scar on his right elbow. Before he vanished he reportedly sold his belongings and emptied his bank accounts, and family members found goodbye notes among items he sent.

A package Michael mailed to his grandfather was postmarked Flores, Guatemala, on the date of his last contact, and included farewell notes for several family members. That postmark focused the family’s search on Guatemala. In December 2003 a Guatemalan newspaper ad produced unconfirmed reports of a man matching Michael’s description begging in a marketplace. In early 2007 a contact reported seeing a man carrying Michael’s driver’s license in a Costa Rica hospital with a severe head injury and memory loss; that person allegedly escaped before the sighting could be verified.

Michael’s disappearance remains unresolved. If anyone knew Michael’s travels in mid‑2003 or saw him in Central America, please share what you remember.