Sanders Maurice Seligman was 26 when he disappeared after a Florida visit that began in the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. He stayed at the Singapore Motel in Bal Harbour and on August 15, 1980 phoned his mother from Miami saying he would return to Vancouver in two days and that he had bought Colombian emeralds worth $1,500 for her. His itinerary called for an 11:15 a.m. Eastern Airlines flight to Seattle on August 17, then a bus onward to Vancouver.

On the morning he was due to fly, Seligman checked out of the motel and returned his rental car to a Hertz facility, but he never boarded the plane and has not been seen or heard from since. He is described as a White/Caucasian male, 6 feet 0 inches tall, about 165 pounds. The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating and his last contact is recorded as August 17, 1980 in NamUS.

Did anyone in Miami see Seligman on August 17 or recall the emeralds he intended to bring home?