Edward Sprenkle Dubbs, 44, vanished on June 9, 1981 after leaving his office in Manhattan’s 200 block of Madison Avenue at about 5:05 p.m. A resident of Newtown, Connecticut, Dubbs worked as a top-level executive at Hayes Williams, Inc. and commuted by Conrail from Grand Central to either West Redding or Bethel, often spending time in the train’s bar car.

His employer reported him missing the next day when he failed to show up for work. Police checked his Taunton Lane home and found it secure, with no sign he had returned. His live-in partner, about 20 years younger and not publicly identified, said he went to the Bethel station as usual but did not find Dubbs and later assumed he had stayed in New York. Reports say Dubbs had been trying to end the relationship.

Dubbs is described as a meticulous dresser, last seen in a beige silk business suit and a gold Timex digital watch. He is Caucasian, 5 feet 10 inches, 140–150 pounds, with sandy blond hair, blue eyes, and sometimes wore metal-frame eyeglasses. The Newtown Police Department continues to investigate this long-standing cold case.

Did anyone in the Newtown or Manhattan area see Dubbs on June 9, 1981 or recall unusual activity on the commute that evening?