John Restivo Missing Person Case

Aug 31, 2010

Oct 06, 2023

John

Restivo

53

26

69 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

On a fall evening in New York, on November 1, 1998, a 27-year-old man named John J. Restivo was at a residence on Arrowood Court in the borough of Staten Island. At some point, he was seen, and then, he was gone. This would be the last time he was ever seen or heard from by those who knew him. At the time of his disappearance, John was described as a white male, standing 5'9" and weighing 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He wore wire-rimmed eyeglasses. His attire that day was casual: a baseball cap, a black leather jacket, black sweatpants, and white sneakers. Since that day, no one has reported any contact with him, and his case has remained a painful, unanswered question for his family and community. The circumstances surrounding John Restivo's disappearance are shrouded in mystery, as very few details are publicly available. Law enforcement has classified his case as a missing person investigation, which is being handled by the New York City Police Department's Missing Persons Squad. In the years that have passed since he vanished, there have been no significant leads or breaks in the case that have been released to the public. It is not publicly known whether investigators suspect foul play was involved in his disappearance. The lack of information has left a void, making it difficult for loved ones to find any sense of closure. The investigation into what happened to John Restivo remains open. His case is listed in national databases for missing persons, a digital footprint in a world that has otherwise lost all trace of him. For law enforcement and his family, there remains hope that new information might one day surface to shed light on his mysterious vanishing. The overview of this case is one of stark and unsettling simplicity: a young man was present in his community, and then he was not, leaving behind only questions and an absence that has endured for decades. The trail went cold almost as soon as it began, with no clear indication of where he went or what fate he may have met.

Nov 01, 1998

Staten Island

New York

Richmond County

8982

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

New York

New York

New York County

10039

2770 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York

2126947781

Local

Law Enforcement

KNMP08058

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

Brown

Brown

Brown

08/28/2026