The disappearance of 36yo Mike Vanzandt in Hermosa Beach California earlier this month continues to baffle investigators and his loved ones.
The veteran airman and father-of-three momentarily strayed from family and friends on the night of March 5, 2016, as the group was waiting in line at a popular waterfront restaurant to watch an Ultimate Fighting Championship match.
Very soon after that, Vanzandt's phone went dead and, weeks later, there are still no answers as to what happened to him.
Initial reports that he was filmed by surveillance cameras walking away with strangers proved false, according to police who claimed a closer inspection of the "grainy" footage showed the subject in it was a different man.
"The quality of the footage was very low ... the man in the video isn't him," Detective Josh Droz of the Hermosa Police announced during week-two of the unsuccessful Vanzandt hunt.
The 36-year-old's mysterious disappearance has even recently been featured on
Dateline, but the publicity hasn't helped one iota in solving his
missing persons case -- he's "simply fallen off the map" and his phone and bank accounts remain inactive.
Michael Vanzandt is a Caucasian adult male about 6-feet tall and 190 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. The former security forces airman, expert swimmer, and scuba diver is employed at the Edwards Air Force Base and a devoted family man.
Although "there is no evidence that foul play is involved" in his unexplained disappearance -- nor PTSD -- the Hermosa Beach Police Department is urging anyone with information to contact them at (310) 318-0360.
Tips may also be submitted directly to Detective Droz at (310) 318-0334, or by emailing him at jdroz[at]hermosapolice[dot]org.
For those who would like to financially aid the family of
Mike Vanzandt so they can continue to travel to California and search for their
missing relative, a
GoFundMe campaign has been launched as well.
Potter was last seen around 10 p.m. on April 26th driving away from the Qualitech facility in his vehicle.
