At approximately 5:50 a. m. on 04/06/1985, South Sioux City (NE) police located a 1984 Chevy Cavalier, registered to a Ronald Zellmer, age 31, parked on the south end of the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The vehicle was left unattended with the motor running. Sioux City Police (IA) were called to check Ronald's residence at 1003 Pierce Street, Apt. B-3, and found it empty with nothing unusual within the apartment. Later the following day, Ronald’s family filed a missing persons report with Sioux City PD (IA). According to family members, Ronald was very depressed and had suffered from depression for years. A search of the Missouri River proved unsuccessful in locating Ronald.