Richard Henry Opato was 36 when he was last seen on April 20, 1998, around 5:30 p.m. in the vicinity of Niagara Falls, Ontario. He is described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 196 pounds, with thinning brown hair, blue eyes, and a tattoo of a Star Wars character on his chest. Photographs reportedly show him wearing a gold chain.

Very little is known about Richard’s movements that evening or what preceded his disappearance. His case is being handled by the Toronto Police Service and has remained unresolved, with no confirmed communication from him since that sighting.

Online communities have noted a possible link to an unidentified man found in Lake Ontario on May 25, 1998, near Youngstown, New York; that John Doe had a Marvin the Martian tattoo on his left chest and wore a gold chain. Reports say that this lead was submitted to investigators, but discrepancies in physical descriptions have left the connection unproven.

If anyone knew Richard, saw him around Niagara Falls in April 1998, or has information about the Youngstown John Doe, please come forward.