Peter Bancarz was 34 and living near Sherwood, Oregon, when he was last seen in late 1966. Neighbors saw him drive from his home the afternoon of December 28, and the last confirmed sighting was about 11:30 p.m. that night as he left the Silver Skate Ice Arena in Portland after a league hockey game.

In the days after his disappearance his car was seen back in the driveway and an associate was observed coming and going from the house. That associate told police he worked on Peter’s car on December 29 and found Peter gone the next day, suggesting Peter had left on an impromptu trip to Hawaii and other places. Investigators, however, found Peter’s passport, luggage, clothing, and other travel items at the house, and his family had not been able to contact him; his brother reported him missing on April 15, 1967.

One theory is that Peter was robbed and murdered after withdrawing money to buy a television he never purchased, but no body has been found and the case remains unresolved.