Mario Garcia
Missing Since: June 11, 1988
Location last seen: Miami Beach, Florida
Description:
- Age: 42
- Race: Black / African American
- Gender: Male
- Height: 5'6 - 5'7
- Weight: 180 pounds
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Brown
- Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
- Distinguishing Marks/Features: Garcia has a three-inch scar on the side of his neck and a tattoo of an eagle on his right forearm. He has one or two false upper front teeth. He may have a mustache.
- Dentals: Available. One or two false upper front teeth.
- Fingerprints: Not Available
- DNA: Not Available
Mario, 42, was last seen in the 1800 block of James Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida on June 11th, 1988.
He drove a green 1994 Nissan Pathfinder.
Mario was supposedly dropped off at Miami International Airport to take a flight to the Dominican Republic. He has never been heard from again, and there's no evidence he arrived there.
He lived in New York before moving to Miami Beach, and worked in auto sales.
He was known to travel frequently to the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
Foul play is suspected.
Investigators:
Agency Name: Miami-Dade Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Police Detective Suzanne Gowdie
Agency Phone Number: (305) 715-3300
Agency Case Number: 304150-V
NamUs Case Number: 13783
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
Date Reported: June 18, 1998
Sources:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Mario Garcia – The Charley Project
https://www.miamidade.gov/police/library/missing-persons-flyers/mario-garcia.pdf
Charleyproject lists the Green 1994 Nissan Pathfinder as an associated vehicle in his case, Namus doesnt but does have a picture of a similar vehicle.
