Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 09/21/1981
- Missing From:
- Missing From Bloomington, Indiana
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 04/06/1954 (70)
- Age:
- Age 27 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’9 – 6’0, 240 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Sandy brown hair, gray eyes. Cunningham had a beard at the time of his disappearance.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In September 1981, a man named Cunningham disappeared. He left Bloomington, Indiana with $30,000-$40,000 in cash to see friends in South Bend. The last anyone heard from him was a phone call from Pierceton on September 21st.
Weeks later, his car—a black and silver 1978 Lincoln Continental—was found abandoned and unlocked in a Fort Wayne grocery store parking lot. Valuables were missing from the car, suggesting it had been stolen.
Police think Cunningham was a drug dealer, which explains the large amount of cash. He owned a restaurant in Bloomington with a partner who also vanished after Cunningham disappeared. Police wanted to talk to the partner but couldn’t find him.
Investigators suspect Cunningham was murdered, but his case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Indiana State Police 574-546-4900
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This person was missing Missing Since 09/21/1981