Gaetano Guy Vallese, 34, was last seen the evening of May 14, 1979, driving north on the New York State Thruway and never returned to his Fishkill home. Estranged from his wife but committed to his children, he failed to pick up his daughters as planned; his wife reported him missing. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches, about 150 pounds, brown hair thinning at the front, brown eyes, with a thick mustache and a tattoo on his right arm of a cross inside a heart reading In Memory of Mom.

Investigators located his blue 1977 Chevrolet parked at his Smithtown Road residence on May 23, but found no sign of him and no obvious signs of struggle or forced entry; personal effects appeared undisturbed. Police pursued leads that included a possible link to organized crime and an associate known as Teddy Cohen, who may have been an alias, but that person was never located. Authorities have not ruled out that Vallese left voluntarily or entered witness protection.

Does anyone who knew Guy, his movements in May 1979, or who recognizes the tattoo or that vehicle have information to share?