Ernest R. DeAngelis, 28, disappeared from Ipswich, Massachusetts on December 15, 1976. He told his mother he would be back in a few hours, got into a car and left the house, and was never seen again. No further contact was made with family or friends after that night.

At the time he vanished Ernest was described as a white male about 5 feet 11 inches, 170–180 pounds, with medium-length straight brown hair and brown eyes. He wore gray, gold-rimmed eyeglasses and was last seen in a blue turtleneck sweater, dungarees and a blue suede coat. The Ipswich Police Department took the report the day he disappeared under case number IPS-7-IV; a NamUs profile for Ernest R. DeAngelis was created April 10, 2025.

His mother, Mildred Michelina DeAngelis, died in 2008; his family has lived with uncertainty for decades. Anyone who remembers Ernest, that night, or who has information about vehicles or people in Ipswich on December 15, 1976 is asked to contact the Ipswich Police Department at 356-4343.