In the quiet evening hours of December 7, 2011, Haidar Abushaqra, a 40-year-old father of six from Ellington, Connecticut, made a final phone call to his wife. At 8:24 p.m., he told her he had been in a work meeting and was on his way home, promising to be there by 9:00 p.m. so they could go to the movies. That was the last time his family ever heard from him. Abushaqra, also known as Harry, was last seen at the car dealership he owned at 369 Main Street in Manchester, Connecticut.
The following morning, his Mercedes was found abandoned in the dealership's parking lot, a silent testament to a life abruptly interrupted. The keys to his car were reportedly discovered about a week later inside a garage on the property. At the time of his disappearance, he was dressed in a grey suit, a white dress shirt with a red tie, black dress shoes, and a silver watch.
The day he vanished was reportedly filled with tension. Abushaqra was involved in a dispute with mechanics who were renting garage space from him at the dealership. The conflict was over unpaid rent, leading to a meeting that evening. At one point, a concerned Abushaqra called his brother, confiding that the mechanics were scaring him and asking for help. However, he later called his brother back to say that everything was fine. The mechanics who met with him that night have denied having any knowledge of what happened to him but declined to take polygraph tests as part of the investigation. The disappearance left a void in the lives of his six children, who included a set of quadruplets born just a year earlier in 2010.
The investigation into Haidar Abushaqra's disappearance has been complex, clouded by multiple possibilities. Authorities have considered the theory that he may have left the country to evade legal troubles. Months before he went missing, in June 2011, Abushaqra had been arrested and was facing two counts of larceny in the first degree. This theory gained some traction because his father had also faced fraud charges and had previously fled to Jordan to avoid prosecution. Despite the passage of time, the case remains unresolved, with no definitive answers for his loved ones. The circumstances surrounding his last known hours, including the dispute at his dealership, and the subsequent discovery of his abandoned vehicle, create a perplexing overview of a man who seemingly vanished without a trace, leaving his family to grapple with an enduring and painful mystery.Last Seen: Dec 7, 2011
