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May 23, 2006 5:42 pm US/Eastern
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Missing Baltimore Man Getting National Attention
by Richard Sher
Baltimore, MD (WJZ) ―
It's been a week since a Northeast Baltimore man was last seen, and police say there is still no sign of 32-year old Rey Rivera.
The search for Rivera took a turn Monday as the car he was last seen driving was found behind a building in downtown Baltimore.
The Mitsubishi Montero belonging to Rivera's wife Allison, was discovered near a lot on St. Paul Street.
On Monday night police interviewed Rivera's wife Allison for more than four hours.
WJZ's Richard Sher was at Rivera's home Tuesday where reporters from CNN were on hand to cover the story in the national press.
"When I go to bed at night I think he's cold and he's hungry and 'why isn't he here?'" said Allison Rivera.
Rivera's family says the 6 foot 5, 260 pound Rivera was last seen leaving his home on the night of May 16th. They also say Rey is not the type of person to leave friends or family without saying where he was going.
Allison Rivera told
Eyewitness News "This is not like Rey. "He is so predictable...something has happened."
Police investigating the case say they are reviewing Rey Rivera's cell phone records.
"There was a call received from the Fells Point area of Baltimore just before Rivera left his home," Colonel Fred Bealefeld tells
WJZ Eyewitness News. Authorities won't comment further on whether that link has yielded any breaks in the investigation.
"I believe someone has seen Rey, someone knows where Rey is," Rey's mother, Maria Rivera, tells
Eyewitness News .
The parking attendant where Rivera's car was found tells
WJZ Eyewitness News that the vehicle must have been parked there after 6 p.m. on Tuesday of last week. That's because the attendant leaves at that time and the parking lot there is unmanned.
He says he did not see the car in the lot until 7 Wednesday morning.
Police are searching databases such as E-Z Pass for toll records, and they're also checking Rivera's bank records. Cameras from the parking lot on St. Paul Street will also be checked..
Anyone with information should call Baltimore police at
443-984-7385 .
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