Ron Stadt was 20 when he was last seen on June 24, 1993, in San Diego. He had recently separated from his wife, Debra Stadt, and was involved in a bitter custody dispute. Ron learned that his former best friend and ex-roommate, Ramon Jay Rogers, was having an affair with Debra, a revelation that badly strained their relationship.

On the evening he disappeared Ron was overheard by a coworker having a heated phone conversation with Rogers and said he planned to go to Rogers’ apartment to retrieve personal items, possibly jewelry belonging to Debra. He asked the coworker and the coworker’s wife to accompany him; they declined. Ron left around 6:15 or 6:30 p.m., never returned to work the next day, and his body was never recovered.

In 1996 Rogers was charged and convicted in connection with multiple killings. A jury found Rogers guilty of second-degree murder in Ron’s death, concluding Ron had been lured to Rogers’ apartment under false pretenses; Rogers received a 15-years-to-life term for that count and was sentenced to death on other counts. With no remains, what details about Ron’s last hours might still help explain what happened that night?