Thomas L. Duesterhaus, 37, of McLean, Virginia, disappeared on June 17, 2011 after leaving his job in Arlington. He had been reportedly distressed because his teaching contract at Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School would not be renewed. Duesterhaus, a lay Catholic minister with the Youth Apostles who attended Mass daily and ministered to homeless people, was last seen wearing dark slacks, a white short-sleeved collared shirt, dress shoes and carrying a dark duffel bag; he normally wore glasses but is believed not to have had them.

He traveled to Virginia Beach and was due to begin a four-day religious retreat on June 20. A possible sighting on June 18 placed a man believed to be Duesterhaus swimming in the ocean; about 12 hours later his travel bag was found abandoned on the beach missing keys and credit cards. Nearly six weeks later his 1999 blue Buick LeSabre, owned by the Youth Apostles, was recovered in a commercial garage near the Rosslyn Metro; investigators determined he had parked it there on June 17. The case remains unsolved.

Did anyone who knew Thomas or who was in Virginia Beach around June 18, 2011 see him or his bag?