Leonard Taku, a 44-year-old New Zealand teacher, was last seen on December 25, 2006, in Tampa, Florida while on vacation. He rented a black 2005 Chrysler Crossfire that morning and reportedly planned to meet someone, possibly someone met online. He never returned and was reported missing after failing to go back to work in Ramsgate, England, on January 3, 2007.

Several clues emerged in the weeks after his disappearance. On December 26 a purchase using his credit card was made at a Gap in Altamonte Springs; family members believed he would have chosen that store. On December 28 someone accessed his email, though it is unknown whether that was Taku. By mid-January his card was used again to book a luxury hotel in Orlando, a choice his family found out of character. His rental car was recovered on February 9, 2007, abandoned in a remote area of the Ocala National Forest during a controlled burn; no clear signs of foul play or a struggle were reported and the fire may have destroyed evidence. The family believes foul play occurred; no trace of Taku has been found.

Did anyone in the Tampa–Orlando corridor remember seeing a black 2005 Chrysler Crossfire or have information about contacts Taku might have had while in Florida?