Michael Richard Alfinito Jr., a 27-year-old instructor at the Jack LaLanne Health Spa in Manhattan, was last seen on March 25, 1984. His disappearance from the Bayside neighborhood of Queens, New York, has left behind a case with few details and conflicting accounts. At the time he went missing, Alfinito was also a student, taking classes to become an emergency medical services technician, and was known to be a weightlifting enthusiast.
Official accounts state that Alfinito was last seen at his apartment on 201st Street in Bayside. However, information from the book "Gone Missing In New York" by Marianna Boncek suggests an alternative timeline and location for his last known whereabouts. The book posits that Alfinito was last seen in the early hours of March 25, 1985, a year later than officially reported, at the home of a friend named Louie. According to this account, Alfinito's sister had spoken with him on March 24, but he declined a dinner invitation due to prior plans. When he failed to make contact in the following days, his family learned he had been at his friend's home for drinks and had left in the early morning, leaving his car behind.
Further complicating the investigation is the claim that the New York Police Department lost the original report on Alfinito's disappearance, which included his dental charts. This has left investigators to rely on limited and sometimes contradictory information. In the years since he was last seen, there has been no contact from Alfinito, and his case remains unsolved.
Alfinito is described as a white male with brown/red hair and brown eyes, standing between 5'8" and 5'10" and weighing around 180 pounds. He is nearsighted and wears strong prescription aviator eyeglasses with metal rims. He has several healed broken bones, including a leg and possibly a rib, and one of his fingers had a distinctive heart-shaped scar at the tip from a previous injury. He was likely wearing jeans and sneakers, possibly New Balance brand, and may have had on a black leather jacket and a silver chain.Last Seen: Mar 25, 1984
