FL FL - Sandy Seligman, 26, Miami, 17 August 1980 - from Canada

Wanting2Help · Oct 9, 2012

This is a (new) case that has not been entered into NamUs yet but will be soon. I am in contact with the Detective on the case so if anyone has any questions or can help in any way please let me know.

Here is what is known that I can publicly list:

Name: Sandy Seligman
White Male
Height: 5'11
Weight:165 lbs
Hair Color: blonde hair
Eye Color: hazel eyes
Date Of Birth: 12/17/1953

He is a Canadian National that lived in Vancouver, Canada. He called his mother from Miami on August 15, 1980 to arrange for her to pick him up at the bus terminal upon his arrival to Vancouver. Sandy returned his rental car to Hertz at Miami International Airport on August 17,1980 and was supposed to board Eastern Airlines flight to Seattle on the same day. The initial investigator assigned to the case, verified the passenger log and determined Sandy never made the flight. He has not been seen since.

Richard · Oct 17, 2012

Wanting2Help said:
...
Name: Sandy Seligman
White Male
Height: 5'11
Weight:165 lbs
Hair Color: blonde hair
Eye Color: hazel eyes
Date Of Birth: 12/17/1953...
.

Any information about why he was in Florida and who he may have seen there ?

Wanting2Help · Oct 17, 2012

Richard said:
Any information about why he was in Florida and who he may have seen there ?

No but I can check with the detective... Can you think of anything else for me to ask him?

Wanting2Help · Oct 17, 2012

Does anyone have a subscription to Ancestry.com who might be able to take a look and see if they have any useful info?

Wanting2Help · Oct 18, 2012

Possible match?

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1119umfl.html

Timeline is spot on
Age is within range

Weight is way off - Although I'm really questioning the weight listed - 112lbs for a 21-35 year old 6'1" man??

CarlK mentioned that they have lost the body and the case files on this Doe....

Wanting2Help · Oct 18, 2012

Maybe ?

https://identifyus.org/cases/1281

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/512umfl.html

This John Doe was found about 30 minutes from miami international airport. Although I'm not sure where he would have been for months? It sounds like to me he had every intention of going home?

Estimated time of death Per NamUs would be 3 weeks or longer. Not sure how much longer? Doe Network has 6-8 weeks prior to discovery.

Age is within range
Height is in Range
Weight is in Range
(according to Doe Network)

I'm not sure about the reconstruction though... I am thinking there are similarities in the chin area?

Wanting2Help · Oct 25, 2012

bumping...

any thoughts?

Babyslims · Oct 25, 2012

I think some parts of the missing mans face resemble different sketches/reconstructions. Wish they had a picture of the UIDs teeth!

Kimster · Oct 28, 2012

:rose: Sandy is our featured cold case from 10/28/2012 to 11/4/2012 :rose:

smile22 · Oct 28, 2012

Wanting2Help said:
Maybe ?

https://identifyus.org/cases/1281

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/512umfl.html

This John Doe was found about 30 minutes from miami international airport. Although I'm not sure where he would have been for months? It sounds like to me he had every intention of going home?

Estimated time of death Per NamUs would be 3 weeks or longer. Not sure how much longer? Doe Network has 6-8 weeks prior to discovery.

Age is within range
Height is in Range
Weight is in Range
(according to Doe Network)

I'm not sure about the reconstruction though... I am thinking there are similarities in the chin area?

height weight and age are in range but i see no resemblance at all this guy looks like he could be mexican, asian, hispanic, phillipino something along those lines no way does he resemble sandy

EnBrown · Oct 29, 2012

Do we know why he was in Florida?

McSpy · Oct 29, 2012

Usually, one would take the shuttle to the airport after dropping off a rental car. Either someone decided to drive him from the rental place to the airport to see him off or there was no shuttle?

McSpy · Oct 29, 2012

Very strange that this disappearance happened in such a small window of time--- between dropping off the rental and the flight. I wonder what time he dropped off the car and the time his flight was leaving. How much time between the two? Maybe he met someone in the rental car place (another customer?) and he took off with them for some reason. It turned out to be his worst nightmare. Just a thought.

Kimster · Oct 29, 2012

How close is the rental place to the beach? Could he have decided to take one last swim and drowned in the ocean? It may sound way out of the box, but we do have a lot of people drown around where I live so it often comes up as a possibility in my thought process.

Sleuthster · Oct 29, 2012

Strange case. No info out there on google or archives about him missing. There where a few foreign tourist murders in Miami that made big news between 1987-1993. No missing or homicides in the news I could find in 1980 although there was a news article about a miami dade officer shooting a PA tourist later in 1980 who was acting bizarre.

Hope we can get some more info on this when it goes on namus.

Wanting2Help · Oct 29, 2012

EnBrown said:
Do we know why he was in Florida?

I'm not sure why he was in FL but I can ask the detective anything you can think of. He is very helpful and quick to respond.

Sleuthster · Oct 29, 2012

Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

Wanting2Help · Oct 29, 2012

Sleuthster said:
Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

That was the name that the detective gave me...? I assumed it was his legal name...

elepher50 · Oct 29, 2012

Sleuthster said:
Also, do we know for sure that his first name is actually Sandy. With my daughters in the pipe (bagpipe) band locally we have known many older gentleman from Canada named Sandy and usually it is short for Alexander. Makes me wonder if that was his name or nickname.

Good point - I searched for Alexander and still came up with nothing.

Wakeful Dreamer · Oct 29, 2012

This is my first post and English is not my primary language, so please bear with me. According to the airport website and Wikipedia, Eastern Air Lines used Concourses C and D but eventually Concourse C was demolished and Concourse D is now part of the North Terminal. The current Hertz Rent A Car is across S Le Jeune Road, East of the Airport but there have been many modifications to that area throughout the years. The Airport itself is not near a beach. August 18 1980 was on a Sunday and I found a UPI note for Monday saying that three men had been arrested the day before for an attempted hijacking at one of the Eastern Air Lines gates. Should I cut and paste the news or only provide the link?

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