Mario Fernando Sanchez, also known as Emanuel Sanchez, was 21 when he left Aurora, Colorado, for what he described as a journey to the Hopi Indian Reservation. He was last seen in Aurora on June 1, 1995, and his family’s final contact was a phone call from Albuquerque in the early morning of June 7, 1995. During that call he said he was at a family friend’s home.

After leaving Aurora his route took him through Arizona and New Mexico. His rented red Mazda Protege, hired in Flagstaff, Arizona, was found shortly after that call abandoned in Gallup, New Mexico, with the doors locked and the tank empty. Reports also say he was arrested in Albuquerque the same day after a disturbance call. He was described as White/Caucasian, 5 feet 8 inches, 145 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, wore glasses and had a discoloration on his right arm. His family reported struggles with narcotics and worsening mental health; some accounts say he may have been suicidal.

There has been no public resolution of his whereabouts. Did anyone in Aurora, Albuquerque, Flagstaff or Gallup remember seeing Mario around early June 1995 or know the family friend he mentioned?