Fabian Del Rosario -- Last Seen in August 1987 in Boulder, Colorado

Details from NamUs**: 

Fabian Del Rosario was last seen in the area of 30th St. & Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, on August 28, 1987, at 7:00PM. He dropped a friend off near that location and was suppose to pick-up his girlfriend when she got off work at 7:30PM. Fabian never showed up at his girlfriend's work and has not been seen or heard from since.

At the time of his disappearance, Fabian was driving a brown Datsun 280ZX. In the early morning hours of August 31, 1987, a patrol officer located Fabian's vehicle in the parking lot of Crossroads Mall near 30th St. & Walnut in Boulder, Colorado.

Missing Person: Fabian Del Rosario

Last-seen date: August 28th, 1987 at about 3pm
Last-contact date: August 28th, 1987 at just after 6pm (phone call)
The area where the MP was last seen: Boulder, Colorado
Link to government source: NamUs #MP7847

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 20 years old
Birthdate: July 6th, 1967 (source: CharleyProject)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Scar: None indicated
Height/weight: 5-foot-11 and 165 pounds
BMI*: Fabian Del Rosario was in the normal range for BMI.

• Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.

Fabian Del Rosario, a missing person, was last heard from on August 28th, 1987 when he was 20 years old. He dropped his girlfriend off where she worked at about 3pm that day, phoned her at 6pm, but failed to pick her up at 7:30pm. That phone call was the last communication from Fabian while the 3pm drop-off time was the last sighting. 

This individual has now been missing for 34 years as of the original publication date of this blog post. Looking at his profile, there is not a lot to go on when it comes to distinctive characteristics. However, this appears to be a case that the authorities are very interested in solving.

Del Rosario, at the time of writing, had been excluded as a match to 26 John Does in the NamUs database of unidentified decedents. That is a high number of match attempts. I noted that 19 of these attempted matches were of John Does that were found in the state of Virginia. I wondered why such a high number of matches were attempted for that state when this missing person was last seen in Colorado. Colorado and Virginia are not close to one another. I've half-assumed that the authorities may have reason to believe that he somehow ended up in Virginia but found nothing on that matter in the sparse journalistic coverage.

What stands out with this case, is the evidence in Fabian's found vehicle that suggests that he was injured or even murdered. The NamUs description indicates that his vehicle was found on August 31st, 1987 in the parking lot of a shopping center.

What the NamUs description doesn't mention is what was stated in one of only two newspapers article I found that covered this disappearance. Del Rosario's family was of the Miami area and The Miami News reported on September 8th, 1987 that the car was "blood-stained":

Tue, Sep 8, 1987 – 5 · The Miami News (Miami, Florida) · Newspapers.com

The missing person did not have any articles or items associated with his missing person's reports. However, from the article above we can see that he is at least "believed to have been wearing a white dress shirt, tan shorts, white tennis shoes and white socks." These are items that can be searched for in the NamUs database of John Does. You would also want to cross-reference any potential matches with other case details.

Thu, Sep 10, 1987 – 8 · The Miami News (Miami, Florida) · Newspapers.com

The article above, from September 10th, 1987, shows that the authorities questioned Del Rosario's girlfriend on the matter of drugs being involved. According to CharleyProject, they had reason to believe that they were:

Authorities stated their investigation revealed he was possibly involved in drug distribution, moving cocaine from Miami to Colorado, but it's unclear whether drugs were a factor in his case.

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Author: Shane Lambert, (Freelance Writer)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert, (Freelance Writer) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

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*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.