On 5/19/89, Daniel Lee Sullivan was reported missing to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety through an official with the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army had been contacted by the missing person's family in request of an investigation into his whereabouts. The Salvation Army official responded to the missing person's last known address in Sunnyvale which he was said to have shared with his parents. A new resident answered the door and stated they had lived at the home for approximately ten years. They were familiar with the family name because they sometimes received mail for the former residents. Neighbors of missing person's family reported suspicious circumstances. They indicated the missing person actually went missing sometime in or around 1972. He left his belongings at the residence and had not been seen again by neighbors.