IN IN - Francisco Huizar, 32, Michigan City, 17 March 2000

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Francisco Huizar​

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Huizar, circa 2000

• Missing Since 03/17/2000
• Missing From Michigan City, Indiana
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Hispanic
• Date of Birth 01/01/1968 (54)
• Age 32 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8, 185 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue denim jacket, blue jeans and a baseball cap.
• Associated Vehicle(s) Red four-door 1988 Honda (accounted for)
• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes.

Details of Disappearance​

Huizar was last seen at 2:50 p.m. on March 17, 2000, as he left his residence in the 100 block of Roberta Avenue in Michigan City, Indiana. He was employed in the press department of PSW Inc. in the 900 block of west U.S. Highway 20 in Michigan City, and was due at 3:00 p.m. for the evening shift.

Huizar never arrived at work. On April 3, his red four-door 1988 Honda was found abandoned in a nature preserve on North Clark Road in Gary, Indiana. The car had been burned beyond recognition and had to be identified by its vehicle identification number. There was no sign of him at the scene.

Huizar has friends in the Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago areas of Indiana. Foul play is suspected in his case, which remains unsolved.

Francisco Huizar – The Charley Project

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[LongTimeChinaTime]

I’m bumping and the first thought that came to my mind when reading about the case was:

He was fixin to embark on a 1.8 mile drive from home to work. This is a short distance and he is said to have left 10 minutes before his shift started.

I couldn’t easily look up the map of his area because Google wasn’t cooperating, but the fact that his vehicle was found burned out, and he was just supposed to take a short jaunt, makes me suspect a carjacking type of crime. This would mean the perpetrator may be random.

Either carjacking, or his trip to work was a cover for some kind of other plan. But I’d have to get more personal info that I don’t have to lean in on either of these theories of mine.