Ruben Gallegos was 19 and living in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in spring 1992 when he vanished after handling a large cash delivery. On May 1, 1992, he was given about $80,000 to cash sailors’ checks and, after being escorted into the Navy Exchange cashier’s cage, was later seen leaving the building escorted by Department of Defense police officer Jenaro Torres. Gallegos carried a bag with the cash and was never seen again.

Torres was detained hours later trying to enter Pearl Harbor; a brown satchel with most of the money and items belonging to Gallegos were found in his car along with a handgun, a stun gun and a police scanner. No blood or gunshot residue was reported in the vehicle. Torres faced various charges over the years, including a 2007 conviction for second-degree murder that was overturned; he later pleaded no contest to first-degree assault in 2013. Gallegos’s body has never been found, and there has been no contact with family or account activity since 1992.

Was anyone in the area of the Navy Exchange that day able to see where Gallegos and Torres went after they left the building?