Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 06/18/1991
- Missing From:
- Missing From San Diego, California
- Classification:
- Classification Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Biracial, Hispanic, White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 11/29/1970 (54)
- Age:
- Age 20 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’9 – 6’0, 130 – 180 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (Caucasian/Hispanic) male. Black/brown hair, blue/green eyes. Dies’s nickname is Bill, or he may go by his middle name, William. He may spell his last name “Diaz”. He has previously fractured his left arm and right collarbone.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In June 1991, Petty Officer Dies, a U.S. Navy sailor, disappeared. He was on leave in San Diego and supposed to go to Pensacola, Florida for his next assignment a month later. He never arrived. The Navy called him a deserter because he didn’t show up.
Before he vanished, Dies sent his family in Louisiana some packages, asking them not to open them. The packages arrived, postmarked the day he disappeared, and were addressed from Pensacola (where he was supposed to go). His family kept the packages unopened for almost 10 years. Inside, they found gifts. They think Dies planned a surprise visit and these were presents for them.
Dies’s cousin reported him missing in Florida years later, thinking he’d disappeared from the Pensacola naval base. But that’s not where he went missing. The Navy still lists him as a deserter, but his family believes he didn’t desert, and his disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Escambia County Sheriffs Office 850-436-9199
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 06/18/1991