OR OR - Peter Bancarz, 34, Portland, December 28, 1966

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Via NAMUS:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Peter Bancarz is a Canadian citizen who lived outside of Sherwood, Oregon. On the afternoon of 12/28/1966, Peter's neighbors saw him drive away from his home in his car. The last confirmed sighting of Peter was at about 11:30 pm when he left the Silver Skate Ice Arena in Portland, Oregon after playing in a league hockey game. A few days later his neighbors noticed Peter's car backed into his driveway and an associate of Peter's coming and going from Peter's house. On 04/15/1967, his brother reported Peter as a missing person. His family members had been unable to contact him since the end of December 1966. When contacted by Police, the associate claimed that he came to Peter's house on 12/29/1966 and they worked on Peter's car. The associate said that he came back the next day, but Peter wasn't home. The associate's explanation for Peter's disappearance was that he probably left to vacation in Hawaii and "many other places" with unknown friends from Canada. There was no indication, however, that Peter had left on a trip. Investigators found his passport, luggage, clothing, and other personal travel items were still in his home. It is believed that Peter Bancarz is likely a homicide victim, although his body has never been found.

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Higher quality photos from Walla Walla University's 1959 and 1958 yearbooks
 
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There is just no information out there for Peter than than NAMUS.
 
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Can't find much on him in newspaper archives, but it seems like he was originally from Simcoe County (outside of Toronto) and attended Simcoe High School.
 
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According to a newspaper article on unsolved mysteries Peter had gone to the bank and withdrawn money to buy a television. The police operated on the theory he was robbed and murdered as he never made it to the store for the TV.
 
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His associate account seems very suspicious, IMO.
 
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