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Michael John Olson, 20, was last seen leaving West Palm Beach, Florida, on the morning of December 1, 1979, driving a maroon 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix. He had moved from Edina, Minnesota, to take a job as a bag boy at the President Country Club and was staying at the Howard Johnson’s hotel. On November 30 he spent the day looking for housing and playing golf, then spent the night out with coworkers at the Palm Beach Kennel Club and several bars. He was reportedly sober and was driving friends that night.

After dropping a friend by the racetrack at about 5:00 a.m. on December 1, Olson left in his Pontiac and never returned to work. Friends checked his hotel room and car later that day and found neither. He had recently cashed a paycheck and a check from his parents and was carrying a substantial amount of money; his family suspects he may have been targeted for the money or car or that he witnessed a crime. Neither Olson nor his car has ever been found.

Did anyone who was in West Palm Beach that night or who knew Michael shortly after he moved there remember seeing his Pontiac or have information about where he planned to live?