Cold and Missing: Michael Masaoay

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also contains adult themes and languages. Listener

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discretion is advised. I'm your host, Ali McLaughlin

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-Sulkowski. And I'm your co -host, Eli Sulkowski.

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And this is Cold and Missing, where we cover

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cold cases and missing person cases. Hello, everyone,

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and welcome back to Cold and Missing. I'm your

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host, Ali. And I'm your co -host, Eli. Welcome

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back, everyone. Again, apologies at the top.

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Sorry we had to take last week off a little bit

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unexpectedly, but summer is winding down here.

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Labor Day is over. We're back to school. So,

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well, not that we're in school, but it's back

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to school season. And I'm sure a lot of you have

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little ones headed back to school. So we're back

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into the groove of things. Yes, that's right.

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We are about to usher in fall. And this week

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we are on episode 140. Yes, and this is a missing

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person case this week. All right, let's get into

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it. Let's do it. So just as a quick content warning

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at the top, this case does involve a young person.

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Today, we are talking about the missing person

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case of Michael Masaoay. And this takes place

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in San Francisco, California in January of 1989.

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But first, a little bit about Michael. Michael

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is 16 years old in 1989. He is a junior at Sacred

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Heart High School, where he was known as a nice,

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decent kid who enjoyed playing in the school

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band. He played the clarinet and carried it with

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him often. He is Filipino, stood about 5 foot

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tall, and weighed around 160 pounds in 1989.

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He had thick black hair, brown eyes, and wore

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glasses. He also had a distinguishing feature.

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White scars in the shape of spots that covered

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his body, but it's not very noticeable in photos,

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however. Michael lived at home with his parents,

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Conchita and Roger Masaoay. By all accounts,

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he was a typical teenager who loved music and

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had a close bond with his family. There was nothing

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going on in his life that would make his family,

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friends, loved ones think that he would want

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to run away. And now, a timeline of events. Wednesday.

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January 25th, 1989. The morning of January 25th

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began like any other. Michael woke up, got ready

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for school, and packed his dark blue duffel bag,

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which he used instead of a backpack. Inside,

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he placed his school books and his clarinet.

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Around 7 .30 a .m., he left home dressed in a

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black Adidas jacket over a purple shirt with

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blue corduroy pants and white leather Converse

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high tops. But Michael would never make it to

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school that day, or he'd at least never make

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it into class. Later, his family would learn

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that Sacred Heart High School had actually been

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closed that day, something that they only discovered

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after he disappeared. It's unclear if Michael

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knew he didn't have school. His parents seemed

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to think that he likely discovered that school

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was closed when he arrived there that morning.

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That morning, Michael was spotted at 9th and

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Harrison Street. Later that afternoon, he was

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seen again at 7th and Market Street. It's about

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an 18 -minute walk between those two spots. Both

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times, it was reported that he was alone. It's

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unclear exactly the timeline of Michael being

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reported missing. It does seem like his parents

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reported him missing that day, especially as

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they discovered that school was closed and he

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had been missing for hours at that point. but

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there are no details about how quickly police

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start looking for him and what efforts are made

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in the area in those critical first few hours.

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It does seem that police were not worried, that

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they thought Michael had simply wandered off,

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maybe was hanging out with friends, and that

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he would return home soon. January 30th, 1989,

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just five days after Michael was last seen, another

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case captured national attention. In Dublin,

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California, 12 -year -old Eileen Mishloff was

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kidnapped while walking home from school. Her

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case dominated the headlines, and Michael's disappearance

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receives little coverage in the news. However,

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the parents of Eileen do their best to bring

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awareness to Michael's case as well, as they

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campaign for their daughter. Eileen is still

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missing, and we'll cover her disappearance in

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a future episode. Saturday, February 4th, 1989.

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Ten days had passed before Michael's story starts

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hitting the newspaper for the first time. Police

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did not believe Michael had been kidnapped in

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the same way that they theorized that Aline had

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been. However, police acknowledged that it is

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strange for Michael to have been missing this

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long and not returned home. Even more strange

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that he hadn't been spotted by anyone since January

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25th. Michael's parents had been searching tirelessly.

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Conchita told reporters, quote, We have talked

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to his schoolmates and given leaflets to everyone

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we can think of. We're doing everything we can

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to bring him home. A community meeting of friends,

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family, and schoolmates, nearly 200 people, was

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held at a local church to organize the search

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and get the word out about Michael. From that

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meeting, weekly prayer vigils for Michael began.

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That same Saturday, friends and family continued

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the search throughout the city for any sign of

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Michael and hang missing person posters everywhere.

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But the weeks continued to pass. On February

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21, 1989, so Michael had been missing for 27

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days at this point. At St. Joseph's Church, weekly

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prayer vigils continued. His mom, Conchita, told

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those gathered, quote, This meeting is to revitalize

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interest in Michael. We are really baffled and

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frustrated that there's been no news to help

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us locate him. He's got to be somewhere or with

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somebody. We're still hoping he's okay. Every

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night we have a prayer for all missing children.

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After the vigil that night, volunteers continue

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their weekly ritual of hanging posters of Michael's

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face throughout San Francisco. That same day,

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unbeknownst to Michael's family, A couple was

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walking on Baker Beach. Baker Beach would have

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been about five miles from where Michael was

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last seen near Market Street. An Army lieutenant

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and his wife are walking near the Presidio when

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they came across a dark blue duffel bag that

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had been wedged under very large rocks. The lieutenant

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tried to pull it free, but couldn't. Even though

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he couldn't get it out, he managed to open it

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and look inside. He found a clarinet case, Two

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books, a pair of dark trousers, and a white t

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-shirt. When he opened one of the books, he saw

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the name Michael Basalwe. The couple put the

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belongings back in the bag and left it on the

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beach. They don't think to report it because

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they hadn't seen Michael's name in the news.

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They weren't aware that they found the backpack

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of a missing boy who hadn't been seen in 27 days.

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Nearly a week passes. On February 27th, It's

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been 33 days since Michael was last seen. That

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day, the woman from the couple saw a news story

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about Michael's disappearance on TV. The couple

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called the police to report what they had found

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on the beach. The next day, February 28th, police,

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U .S. Park Police, and park rangers, accompanied

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by the couple, go back to Baker Beach to locate

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the bag. They're able to find it. It's still

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wedged between the rocks. But in the days since

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the couple had found the bag, it had been a week

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at this point, some items had gone missing. Only

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part of Michael's clarinet was all that was left,

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according to reports. Later that day, Michael's

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parents confirmed the bag was his. Conchita recalled,

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quote, My husband bought him the bag. It was

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torn once and I sewed it. I saw the seam I sewed.

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The Massauis also told investigators that Baker

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Beach was familiar to Michael. He had spent time

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there with his family fishing the previous summer.

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Police searched the beach for additional evidence

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or any sign of Michael, but nothing more connected

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to Michael was found. They urged the public to

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come forward if anyone had seen Michael on the

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beach on January 25th or in the days after that.

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In May of 1989, It's been four months since Michael

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disappeared. A bill was signed that allocated

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$50 ,000 in reward money for kidnapping cases.

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Immediately, rewards were issued for missing

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children, including Michael. For the first time

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in official reports, his case was publicly linked

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to the possibility of kidnapping. On Sunday,

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June 25th, Michael has been missing for five

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months now. Michael's family celebrates his 17th

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birthday. There still had been no sign of him.

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The months and weeks continue to go on. In January

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of 1990, it's been a year since Michael vanished,

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San Francisco police published his name in the

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paper, officially classifying him as kidnapped.

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But then Michael's case really falls out of the

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news and goes cold. Over the years, there have

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been a few age -progressed photos of him created.

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the most recent one being him around 40 years

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old, but he would be 53 years old today. So with

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that, if you know anything about the disappearance

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of Michael Masaoay, you are urged to contact

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the San Francisco Police Department at 415 -553

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-0123. So that is the case of Michael Masaoay.

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Something that drew me into Michael's case...

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pretty immediately was hearing about the start

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of his day, the familiarity of just going to

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high school and how you start your morning. It

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was so palpable in the way that you described

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it, particularly surrounding his duffel bag.

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You know, we all had large bags or large backpacks

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in high school. And yeah, he just, I don't know,

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felt... similar to me um just young and getting

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ready to start the day but it was a a process

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that I know really well just like you so so immediately

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I I could almost feel like I was next to him

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experiencing his morning yeah like the ritual

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of getting ready for school um this is like so

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familiar like I've been out of school for more

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than a decade at this point but there's still

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such a familiarity about getting ready for school

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and just like what that feels like I agree like

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knowing that Michael's morning started out like

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every other morning is like comforting in a way

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but then also like that brings the mysterious

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like of his disappearance up like it was just

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any other morning which you know brings me to

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my first question about whether or not he knew

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he had school. You know, and obviously I have

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my opinion, but I'd love to know yours. Yeah,

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this is a really important area for me. If he

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knew or if he didn't. I'm thinking back to when

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like we would have a random Wednesday off in

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high school and teachers would kind of mention

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it like on Tuesday and they're like, oh, and

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we'll cover this again on Thursday. Like it would

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be mentioned throughout the school day. But at

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the same time, you know, according to his family

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and reports, like his family didn't know school

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was closed that day. And they don't think that

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Michael did either. But it's one of those things

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we might not know because there's also a part

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of me. And this is purely speculation, of course,

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but it's, you know, maybe he. Well, now that

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I'm thinking about it, he packed his bag like

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he was going to school, you know, like he brought

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his books, his clarinet. So maybe he like truly

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didn't know. I think what clarified my answer

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for myself, which was I don't think he knew,

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was remembering the time period that we're in.

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You know, when I saw 89 very quick, I was born

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in 88 very quickly. I was like, oh, he's my age,

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but he's not. He's 16 years older. And thinking

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about a person at that time in high school, you

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know, they didn't have the Internet or. They

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weren't communicating that way in the way that

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we do now. So I think if you're a busy, committed

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student, it's completely possible that you wouldn't

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know or that you would forget or someone didn't

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remind you. It seems more possible that even

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back in the late 80s, you could have gone about

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your day with talking to minimal people. Therefore,

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the information just wouldn't be shuttled over

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to him. I think I think all of that is true.

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And the fact that he packed his duffel bag for

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the day with with the books, because I think

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if I was really trying to pull a fast one on

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my parents and be like, oh, they think I have

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school, I'm just going to spend the day doing

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whatever I want, which at 16 would probably be

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very tempting for me as a person. I think I would

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have left the books because they're just so heavy.

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But I don't know. I don't know. It's a mystery

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that. We don't have answers for him taking his

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clarinet as well. Something that made me think

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that maybe he really did. He really was planning

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to go to school. My follow up question specifically

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about the timeline is where the specific markers

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were that he was spotted. What is the distance

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from those like street markers to the school?

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Was he walking away from the school? That's where

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I was trying to seek clarification. So assuming

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that Sacred Heart in 1989 is still in the general

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area where it is today, Sacred Heart High School

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is still a high school in San Francisco, I tried

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to figure out if they had moved or renovated.

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I couldn't quite find it, so I think that the

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campus is still similar to where it was in 1989.

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So the first spot he's seen that morning at 7th

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and Harris, that's kind of southwest of the school.

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And it would have been about a half hour walk

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from the school to the place where he was spotted

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first that morning. And then the second spot,

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so that's going to be the Market Street area.

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That's an 18 minute walk from where he was seen.

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So that's kind of heading a little bit north,

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but still in the same general area of where he

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was spotted that morning. However, Baker Beach

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is about five miles away and he's like really

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headed northwest at that point. And it looks

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like a pretty far walk. You know, just typing

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it into Google Maps, it looks like it would take

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almost two hours to walk that distance. So that's

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a big question for me is what happened there?

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Because I don't know and I'm not very familiar

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with San Francisco. I don't know if there's public

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transit that would really help. I don't get any

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options when I'm in Google Maps to like transit

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this out and take it that way. So I don't know

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if he got a car, if he got a ride. How did he

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end up at Baker Beach? Did he in fact walk there?

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There's a lot of questions. I'm just going to

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vouch to say that I think that there was public

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transit, obviously. I don't know if he was using

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it. So it does look like actually there is public

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transportation, but it would take an hour still.

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So doable, but... That's a question. Did he ride

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public transit? Did anybody see him on public

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transit? It doesn't seem like we got any witnesses

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after he was seen near Market Street. Okay, so

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we know that there's public transit in the area.

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We don't necessarily know if he was using it

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either way. It's a pretty time -consuming ride,

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at least one way, about an hour. But walking,

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even... You know, mapping that out, I think the

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walking distance of how long it would take someone

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changes on person to person because the terrain

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of San Francisco is so hilly. Just kind of a

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wild terrain, especially if you've never been

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there before or navigated it. And with all of

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those kind of dips and valleys in the roads and

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neighborhoods, it seems like to me. It's a place

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where someone could go missing quite easily.

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And then at Baker Beach, one thing that I was

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like really interested in or like what's curious

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to me about Baker Beach, obviously, that's where

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his duffel bag was found. But when it was initially

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found by the army lieutenant and his wife, it

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was wedged under like big, heavy rocks. How did

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it get that way? That's a question I have because

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the army lieutenant, who I assume is kind of

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physically fit in some aspect, couldn't get it

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out from underneath the rocks or couldn't get

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it unstuck. He was able to open it. You know,

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we do know that. But how did his bag get like

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that? Because it doesn't seem like to me if the

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army lieutenant could get it unstuck that a 16

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-year -old boy would have had the strength to

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lift it. I'm glad that you mentioned his age

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again. I know Michael is 16 at the time. But

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regarding him being five feet tall, I think it's

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worth mentioning that that's a height of an average

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10 to 12 -year -old. Maybe a 10 to 12 -year -old

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is even just a little bit shorter. Even 4 '10

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versus 5 foot, it's not a huge difference. I

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think it's possible that Michael could have been

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mistaken for a child if this case is a kidnapping

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because of his height. Yeah, and there were a

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lot of missing girls at this time, but like all

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around the same age. I know I mentioned one of

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them, Eileen, but there were a few other cases

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of kids going missing around San Francisco. I

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think that's why it's kind of frustrating that

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Michael was initially written off as a runaway

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or, you know, that he was playing some hooky,

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hanging out with friends. Like, it really doesn't

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seem like there was any urgency, even after other

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kids started showing up missing. We've said this

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in other cases before, and I'm sure our listeners

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agree with us here. But to me, it's treat. treat

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a case like this every single time like the child

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is missing. Because at the end of the day, it's

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a child. No child's case should be gaining more

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and or less attention. They all deserve the same.

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And they all deserve the same amount of effort

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to be put towards them. And for this case specifically,

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I don't know why. I don't know if it was because

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he's a boy or if... Honestly, I don't know. I

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don't know why the story was kind of curved this

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way that that he was a runaway because so much

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time was lost because of that decision. And that

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that's very heartbreaking. Yeah. You know, there

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was nothing going on in Michael's life that would

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really lead anyone to think that he would go

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missing. You know, he wasn't fighting with his

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parents. He hadn't done this before. He was not

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really a candidate for a runaway. But it was

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said by the Army lieutenant that there was like

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another pair of pants and a white T -shirt in

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his duffel bag. I wonder, did he keep a change

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of clothes with him? Did he expect to have gym

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that day and maybe just wanted to change into

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some fresh clothes? The clothes are curious to

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me if that was something he always carried or

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if that was like kind of a strange item to be

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in his bag. Of course, when they recovered the

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bag, those items were gone. I will say for me

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as a kid and teen who was active in school and

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sports and I did in my duffel that I carried

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for sports, I did have extra pairs of clothes

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in my bag just because I was changing environments

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a lot and getting sweaty and having to shower.

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I think maybe it's possible that those clothes

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were in there for marching band rehearsal or

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just another. set of clothes to change into afterwards.

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Again, it's all speculation, but I think there

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being a second set is still worth noting. Yeah,

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well, I don't think Michael ran away just because

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there was a second set of clothes, but I do just

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wonder if he anticipated something that day or

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if that could, like, lead to plans. Like, if

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he knew he was going to be at the beach and in

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case he got wet, you know, I don't know. There's

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just so much we don't know about Michael's case.

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So that just like leaves all this room for speculation

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and wondering and trying to put yourself in his

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shoes. But we just truly don't know. It's very

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:14.220
threadbare case. Something that we do know for

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certain, though, is his mother knows immediately

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that it's his bag. And I think that was for me

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in listening, the most gut wrenching part is

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.950
not wanting it to be. And also probably wanting

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it to be and knowing that it is once you see

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a very specific marker on a bag that you fix

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for your son. I don't know. I really felt for

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her and the parents in that moment. I'm sure

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recognizing and realizing whose bag that was,

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to say the least, a massive moment for them.

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It's so sad that this case really... loses traction.

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I'm so proud of the community and that the way

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they showed up for this young man and that other

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parents of missing children advocated for him

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too. We see it time and time again, especially

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in the cold and missing world, especially when

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cases are involving missing children, the way

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communities rally around family of a missing

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loved one and that's you know that's exactly

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what's happening here yeah you know his mother

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I believe she is still alive and with us I saw

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a video of her that she did with the National

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Center for Missing and Exploited Children I think

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it was like six years ago but you can just tell

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how heartbroken she still is for her missing

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son and I really would love to get answers in

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this case and for Michael to be talked about

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be mentioned and for Michael to be looked for

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by others today like I I want energy in Michael's

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case I want his name talked about I want people

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to be thinking of him and you know looking into

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a stranger's face thinking oh could that be Michael

00:24:12.869 --> 00:24:16.299
Massawi like I just, I want that for him because

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I want it for his family. Like, I don't want

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them to feel alone in this search for him because

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I feel like they've just been alone. They didn't

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get the media. They didn't get the police. Like,

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there was so little resources for them. And that's

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just wildly unfair. And for a missing child,

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:35.559
for me, anybody under the age of 18, we should

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know their whereabouts at all times. Not crazy,

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but like there's no reason a child should go

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missing in America and not be found. With the

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resources, with the wealth that we have, this

00:24:45.769 --> 00:24:48.069
is where energy should go is towards missing

00:24:48.069 --> 00:24:52.230
children. So again, if you know anything about

00:24:52.230 --> 00:24:54.910
the disappearance of Michael Masaoay in January

00:24:54.910 --> 00:24:58.930
of 1989 or his whereabouts today, please call

00:24:58.930 --> 00:25:03.009
the San Francisco Police Department at 415 -553

00:25:03.009 --> 00:25:08.940
-0123. If you are not already, please, please

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:13.259
check us out on Instagram, our page at Cold and

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:16.920
Missing. We post current missing person cases.

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And if there's any information we need to update

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:22.140
you on about the podcast, you can find it there

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:24.799
at Cold and Missing. This week, I will also have

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graphics of Michael with the age progression.

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Yeah, and please share those photos, the age

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progression. Like I said, let's get some energy

00:25:34.130 --> 00:25:36.829
in this case. Let's get his name out there. Let's

00:25:36.829 --> 00:25:41.210
let Michael Massawi be a known name and a known

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face. Let's get it out there. So if you could

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share it in your communities. On your socials,

00:25:47.210 --> 00:25:50.690
please do. It helps so much in these cases. And

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we also have on our website, www .coldandmissing

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.com, transcripts, the official transcripts.

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00:26:03.089 --> 00:26:05.369
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