Mitchell Salomon was 9 when he and his family vanished from their Northridge home in Los Angeles on October 12, 1982. He lived with his father Sol Salomon, mother Elaine Salomon, and older sister Michelle Houchman. The disappearance has been tied to a business dispute between Sol and car dealer Harvey Rader; Sol had invested $20,000 in Rader’s business and tensions over that investment are reported as a possible motive for what happened next.

Investigators found small amounts of blood at the family home, and passports and wallets belonging to the family were discovered scattered along a highway days after they disappeared. In 1983 a witness said they saw Rader kill Sol. Rader faced murder charges but was acquitted after two mistrials; no bodies were ever recovered despite extensive desert searches.

No trace of the Salomon family has been found since their disappearance. If anyone in Northridge or the surrounding area remembers the family, unusual sightings, or relevant information from 1982–1983, please share what is known.