Michael Franz, a 58-year-old man, has been missing since July 23, 1998, after he disappeared from the Orange County Fair in California. Franz was a resident of the La Paz Geropsychiatric Center in Los Angeles and was attending the fair on a field trip with a group of other residents. At some point during the outing, he became separated from the group and has not been heard from since.
Franz is described as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes, standing at 5'6" and weighing approximately 120 pounds. He wears eyeglasses and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, brown pants, a red baseball cap, and shoes. It is noted that Franz is mentally disabled and considered a dependent adult, which classifies his case as "Endangered Missing".
The Orange County Sheriff's Department is the investigating agency for this case. Despite the passage of time, few details about the investigation into his disappearance have been made publicly available. A search of the area was conducted after he went missing, but it yielded no results. His case remains unsolved.
Last Seen: Jul 23, 1998
