PA PA - David E Cunillera, 22, Lake Winola, 28 April 1999

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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Missing Persons Case Report

Missing Person / NamUs #MP11086 David E Cunillera, Male, Multiple
Status Missing
Date of Last Contact April 28, 1999
Missing From Lake Winola, Pennsylvania
Missing Age 22 Years
Current Age 43 Years
Case Information

Demographics
Missing Age 22 Years
Current Age 43 Years
First Name David
Middle Name E
Last Name Cunillera
Nickname/Alias Hollywood

Sex Male
Height 5' 5" - 5' 6" (65 - 66 Inches)
Weight 145 - 150 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact April 28, 1999
NamUs Case Created June 2, 2011
Last Known Location
Location Lake Winola, Pennsylvania
County Wyoming County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land No

Circumstances of Disappearance David was last seen at a friend's house in Lake Winola, PA on 4/28/99. David called his mother from the Lake Winola home and told her he was on his way back home to NYC. He allegedly took a taxi cab from Lake Winola to Scranton, PA where he was to take a bus back to NYC. But David never arrived home and has had no contact with friends or family since his disappearance.
Physical Description
Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description --
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color Green
Right Eye Color Green
Eye Description --
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
Scar on his forehead

Tattoo
Tattoo across his chest that says " World" with a gun at the beginning and end of each word.

Clothing and Accessories
No Information Entered

Contacts
Investigating Agencies
Case Owner
Pennsylvania State Police

Address 6039 State Route 6 Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania 18657
County Wyoming County
Main Phone (570) 836-2141
General Email --
Website URL --

Agency Case NumberPO6-0411790
Date Reported May 2, 1999
Sean Cooney, Tpr

 

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From NamUs - printed 10/14/2011

Dental information/charting is currently not available
DNA: sample is currently not available
Fingerprint information is available elsewhere

 

[nostonepa]

This is one I never heard about and I live relatively close to Lake Winola. Of course his gun tattoo makes you wonder as well as his nickname. It says he allegedly took a cab from Lake Winola to Scranton. His friend would have to be a real jerk or not an actual friend to make him pay that much for a cab. Not many cab companies around there. They would remember or have a log or something. Sounds like he never left Lake Winola. Drug dealing? Accidental overdose? The guy was kind of small. I always thought that Lake was pretty quiet but some friends of mine who are in recovery were telling me a lot of stories.

 

[nostonepa]

The population back then was only 400 to 500 people. That zip code only has about 150 houses. Wonder how many then were year round residents. Would seasonals be there in April? Looks like there may have been a few apartments. What cab companies existed back then that would pick someone up from there and take them to Scranton?

 

[nostonepa]

Not to start a conspiracy theory but the Rodham Clintons had a cottage there for many years - not sure if they still had it when this happened or if they still have it at all.

 

[nostonepa]

I just read a different article where the police make it sound like he got a ride with someone not a cab and then never arrived at the Martz terminal. Also one article calls him caucasian and another hispanic. There seems to have been little to no press coverage of this at least in newspapers.

 

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David Cunillera - Times Leader 5/21/99

Clipping found in The Times Leader published in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 5/21/1999. David Cunillera - Times Leader 5/21/99

www.newspapers.com

 

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David Cunillera - reward

Clipping found in The Times-Tribune published in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 6/6/1999. David Cunillera - reward

www.newspapers.com

 

[nostonepa]

David Cunillera - reward

Clipping found in The Times-Tribune published in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 6/6/1999. David Cunillera - reward

www.newspapers.com

Any thoughts on the case?

 

[nostonepa]

I took a ride to Lake Winola the other day. Several things struck me. The first is how all the cottages on the lake are figuratively speaking practically stacked on top of oneanother. The feel driving around the somewhat small lake with the cottages and the businesses on the loop road is congested. Still that area is quaint and I can see why people would enjoy living or vacationing on the lake. The second thing is that beyond this immediate area I saw what I took as a lot of signs of poverty or at least a low income area. David's friend he was visiting may not have actually lived on or even immediately adjacent to the lake. Sort of like in Los Angeles people use the term Beverly Hills adjacent.

 

[nostonepa]

Ok

Clipping found in Daily News published in New York, New York on 6/19/1994. Ok

www.newspapers.com

 

[nostonepa]

I can't find out anything about DC except for the above clipping from the special high school he went to in Manhattan. Special means the program was for students with any one of a hundred different obstacles to graduating.