Ian Wilson Gooldy, 45, vanished near the Marina Banderas hotel in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, on November 29, 2020. He had traveled to Mexico for a short-term job and checked into the Marina Banderas on November 27 after staying at a friend’s condominium. Family contact continued over the Thanksgiving weekend but stopped abruptly on the Sunday of his disappearance; in their last call he sounded scared and desperate and said he was on his way to meet someone who would help recover belongings stolen during a break-in.

His father later received a thumbs up emoji from Ian’s phone and a map showing the phone’s location. Repeated calls reached a Spanish-speaking stranger who said the phone had been found on a trail by a stream. The family reports difficulty obtaining assistance from U.S. and Mexican authorities and retained a Mexican attorney to file a police report. The disappearance remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Nuevo Vallarta area see Ian or know who might have been helping him recover his stolen items?