His wife reported him missing after he entered a car with a man to whom she owes $300. She was with her husband at his job, an auto repair shop on South Sixth Ave, when the man, who had a pistol in the waistband of his trousers, approached Bartlebaugh and asked if he could speak to him briefly. The two got into a car and Bartlebaugh disappeared. In a police interview, the man said he had not seen Bartlebaugh "for a few weeks. " As authorities investigated further, they received a conflicting report that Bartlebaugh was picked up the day of his disappearance around Green Ridge Street and North Main Avenue after having car trouble. It is possible he surfaced later.