Clifford Raymond Peranteau was 23 when he vanished from San Francisco on January 20, 1985. He was described as 6 feet 1 inch, about 185 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes, and worked for Dennis Moving Company. He was last seen after telling his girlfriend that co-worker Charles Ng had invited him on a trip to Lake Tahoe. Soon after, Peranteau asked his employer to forward his paycheck to a P.O. Box, an unusual step that prompted concern.

Investigators later found some of Peranteau’s belongings in Ng’s San Francisco apartment and at a remote cabin in Wilseyville used by Ng and Leonard Lake. Authorities believe Peranteau became one of the victims of Ng and Lake, a pair linked to a string of abductions and murders in the mid-1980s. Evidence recovered at Lake’s property included human remains, victims’ belongings, and videotapes. Charles Ng was arrested, extradited to California, tried on multiple charges including Peranteau’s murder, convicted, and sentenced to death.

Did anyone who knew Clifford or worked with him in San Francisco ever hear about that planned Lake Tahoe trip or see his paycheck redirected to a P.O. Box?