Paul Rehus, a 30-year-old bodybuilder known as the Iron Man from Behind the Iron Curtain, disappeared in the fall of 1973 after leaving his Los Angeles residence to visit a friend in Washington, D.C. He sent a letter saying he would return to Los Angeles on September 20, 1973, but did not board the flight when the friend went to meet him at the airport. He was last seen in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 1973, and reportedly left there intending to travel to New York City.

Rehus had recently placed third in the IFBB Mr. World competition in New York and may have been heading back for another contest, possibly the Mr. Fire Island event. At the time he was described as a White male, 5 feet 8 inches, about 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, a very muscular build, last seen wearing a multicolored shirt and beige pants and possibly carrying a briefcase. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating; there has been no sign of him since 1973.

Does anyone have information about Rehus’s movements in New York around mid-September 1973 or remember seeing him after September 16, 1973?