Jose Esauro Che Dominguez was 16 when he left his Stockton, California home about 4:00 p.m. on August 2, 1981, saying he would meet friends at a nearby park and return in a couple of hours. He never came back and did not contact his family on birthdays or holidays, which was out of character.

At the time he disappeared he was wearing a black t-shirt with his nickname Che and the zodiac sign for Cancer, gray corduroy pants, and gray sneakers. He had deep dimples and a distinct birthmark on his left cheek. By 1989 authorities suspected foul play and charged two of his friends, Luis Pete Gagliasso and Manuel Sanchez Jr., but the charges were later dropped for insufficient evidence and Jose’s body has never been found.

Investigators continue to regard this as a suspicious disappearance and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Jose, his routines, or was in the Stockton park area on August 2, 1981, please share what is known.