Bobby Dale Allen, 23 and a Navy sailor assigned to the U.S.S. William H. Bates, disappeared after visiting family in Adelanto, California, on August 15, 1986. He was last seen leaving his sister’s home to return to his San Diego base but never arrived. His 1985 Ford Mustang was found abandoned with the keys inside on North Harbor Boulevard in San Diego.

Allen had a distinctive tattoo of a black cougar with red scratch marks on his right bicep and needed either contact lenses or glasses. Family members were initially unable to file a missing person report because he was listed as Absent Without Leave; a report was not filed with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department until 2014. There have been no solid leads and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Bobby, saw his Mustang after August 15, 1986, or has information about his movements that day, please come forward.