Tom Ray Starkel
Palmdale, CA
Tom was last seen on December 5, 1979 in Palmdale, CA. Tom was last seen leaving his girlfriends home. Evidence showed he arrived at his apartment that night. He was driving a dark green Firebird with Nevada plates. His car was recovered 2 weeks later with another driver. The car was pulled over coming back into California from Nevada. The driver was arrested and held for about 2 weeks, but with no evidence to go on investigators had to release him.
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