Nine-year-old Mitchel Salomon vanished with his parents, Elaine and Sol, and his older sister, Michelle Houchman, from their Northridge, California home on October 12, 1982. The family lived on Lassen Street and had emigrated from Israel. Sol was last seen that evening leaving for a car auction with a business associate, British dealer Harvey Rader. Elaine made a phone call later that night and mentioned Rader had been at the door; the call ended abruptly and that was the last known contact with the family.

Investigators found small blood splatters in a room, a section of carpet cut out and covered, and a baseball bat near the bar. The family Mercedes was missing while two other cars remained at the house. On October 17 passports, wallets and photos were found scattered along the Antelope Valley Freeway near Acton; the Mercedes was later located at Rader’s garage. In October 1983 Rader’s cousin Ashley Paulle said he witnessed Rader kill the family and helped bury the bodies near Acton, but Paulle failed a polygraph and admitted to lying about others’ involvement. After two mistrials, Rader was acquitted in July 1992. The family’s bodies have never been found and the disappearances remain unsolved.

Does anyone have information about the Salomons’ last known movements or remember seeing the Mercedes near Acton in October 1982?