In the summer of 1980, 26-year-old Sanders Maurice Seligman of Vancouver, British Columbia, embarked on a vacation that took him to the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas before he arrived in Florida. While in Florida, he stayed at the Singapore Motel in Bal Harbour. On August 15, 1980, Seligman spoke with his mother by phone from Miami, telling her he would be returning home in two days. He mentioned that he had purchased Colombian emeralds worth $1,500 as a gift for her.
Seligman's travel plans involved taking an 11:15 a.m. Eastern Airlines flight to Seattle, Washington, on August 17, and from there, he was to travel by bus to Vancouver. On the day of his scheduled departure, he checked out of his motel and returned his rental car to a Hertz facility. However, Sanders Maurice Seligman never boarded his flight and has not been seen or heard from since.
The investigation into Seligman's disappearance has yielded few details, and his case remains unsolved. The Miami-Dade Police Department is the investigating agency. His case is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System with the date of his last contact recorded as August 17, 1980. At the time of his disappearance, he was 26 years old, described as a White/Caucasian male, 6'0" tall, and weighing 165 pounds.Last Seen: Aug 17, 1980