The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Southern Maine Gang Task Force and the Portland Police Department are investigating the suspicious disappearance of MIGUEL OLIVERAS and are renewing the call for the public’s assistance in locating him or his remains.
The FBI is increasing its reward to $25,000 to anyone with information leading to Oliveras’ whereabouts.
Oliveras, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts. was last seen around 1:00 am on September 2, 2006 at the Platinum Plus Club on Riverside Street in Portland. He was wearing a grey camouflage long-sleeve shirt with a white t-shirt over it. Oliveras is a Hispanic man with black hair and brown eyes. At the time he went missing, he was 24 years old, approximately 5’11” tall, and weighed approximately 170 pounds. He has tattos on his neck, back, shoulder and hand.
There has been no reported sigtings or contact by Oliveras since his suspicious disappearance, which is why the FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information The public is being asked to view and share his missing person poster.
“We are increasing our reward for information that leads to Miguel Oliveras or helps us recover his remains. We’re talking about a son, who never came home and a mother who has been living every day in the painful space between hope and heartbreak,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. “Someone out there knows something and even the smallest detail could make a difference. MIguel’s mom Myrna deserves answers and she deserves the chance to lay her son to rest, to grieve and to begin to heal. We’re urging anyone with information on Miguel’s whereabouts to contact us.”
“It’ll be 20 years this year that my son disappeared and not knowing his whereabouts all these years is killing me,” said his mother, Myrna Gonzalez. “I need anyone with information to please come forward. Please, I need my closure.”
Anyone with information regarding MIguel Oliveras’ location should call the Portland Police Department at 207 – 874-8584 or FBI Boston at 1 – 800 – CALL-FBI.
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