Hi. I’m new to this site. I came across it by accident last night. Paul is my big brother. This month is 50 years since his disappearance. Ruebottom was a family friend—his parents and ours were friends. That is, until Paul disappeared. The first time my mother laid eyes on him after that, she said she felt in her bones that he was the reason Paul was gone. He was suspected by the police, too. They could just never get enough evidence on him to hold him. We don’t believe he ever made it home that night. His wallet may have been in the Jeep, but Paul himself never rode home in it.

Other things about Ruebottom’s character came out later that were not public record. Needless to say, the friendship with his parents was destroyed, their social circle broken as friends took different sides, My parents moved us away from Ft. Lauderdale a few years later— it was too painful for them to stay. Ruebottom was like a wrecking ball to our family.

There is a source link for this case posted: Unfound “Truly Diabolical” on YouTube. Many more details are in that video. The podcaster interviewed me for hours one night a few years ago. The video doesn’t seem to have been cut down much, so it’s long. But it may answer some questions about Ruebottom.