Missing
Zeynel Altintas
Altintas, approximately 1997
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/25/1997
Missing location (approx) :
Wheaton, Maryland
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/21/1949 (72)
Age at the time of disappearance: 48 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6, 180 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue jacket and a blue checkered shirt.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Graying black hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Altintas was last seen leaving his place of employment at 5:00 p.m. on October 24, 1997. He worked as a domestic servant in a private residence at the time. He was supposed to meet a friend in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. that evening, but never arrived. On October 28, three days after his disappearance, some of Altintas's friends found his 1985 VolkswAge at the time of disappearance: n in the 1800 block of 18th Street in northwest Washington D.C. The vehicle was locked and had not been forced into, and there was nothing suspicious inside.
Altintas has never been heard from again. He wasn't having any personal or medical problems at the time of his disappearance. He was divorced, but had a good relationship with his ex-wife. Altintas resided in the 1900 block of Plyers Mill Road in Wheaton, Maryland at the time he went missing. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Montgomery County Police Department
240-773-5530
September 2021 updates and sources
North American Missing Persons Network
The Gazette
The Doe Network
October 12, 2004. January 5, 2006; clothing description added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
