Arnold Joseph Epel, 25, was last seen in Miami on or around January 19, 1989; the exact date is uncertain by a day or two. He left a note for his family with instructions about his belongings and an indication that he planned to take his own life. His blue 1987 Acura Integra, Florida plate 698KCT, was later found abandoned in Glades County on Okeechobee Road just south of the Highlands County line.

Epel, also known as Joe or Joey, was about 5 feet 10 inches and 165 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and a slight curvature of the spine similar to scoliosis. He may have had a firearm and a Sony Walkman and was reportedly wearing a light-colored shirt and dark-colored pants when last seen. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation; DNA samples from his mother and sister have been entered into the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification database.

If anyone in Miami or Glades County around January 1989 remembers seeing his Acura, the reported clothing, or has information about Arnold Epel’s whereabouts, please come forward.