Michael Santana, 30, a father of three known as Ahkim, was last seen on February 11, 2003, when he was dropped off at a residence on South Boulevard in Nyack, New York, in the company of Rene Abaz Rivera. Santana wore sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and a green and yellow Green Bay Packers knit cap and was never seen again.

A search of Rivera’s home turned up drugs, paraphernalia, bullets and a loaded gun; Rivera’s girlfriend Amanda Stanley was arrested after that search. Investigators came to suspect a drug-related dispute led to Santana’s death. In July 2004 Rene and his brother Ricardo Rivera were charged with second-degree murder. In February 2005 Rene Rivera was convicted of murder and multiple drug counts and was sentenced to 25 years to life. Ricardo Rivera later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and, under a plea agreement, agreed to help locate Santana’s remains but then said the remains had been incinerated; he received a 15-year sentence.

Santana’s body has never been recovered and the Orangetown and Haverstraw Police Departments continue to investigate. If anyone knew Michael, his movements that day, or has information about what happened at the South Boulevard residence, please share what is known.