Several psychics stated that Negrete was alive, and provided his parents with his alleged locations, but in every case this turned out to be incorrect. There has been no activity recorded on Negrete's credit cards since his disappearance. More than 500 leads were submitted to the police, but nothing came of any of them. Police searched the garbage chute and all the construction sites on campus, but found no trace of Negrete.
However, investigators subsequently said that the dogs were confused and the scent should not be trusted. Negrete did not have a car at UCLA, and LAPD bloodhounds appeared to trace his scent to a bus stop across campus. Police released a sketch of the man and appealed for him to come forward, stressing that he was not under investigation and that they were unsure if his presence had anything to do with the case. The only lead was one several students gave, of a Caucasian man who had been spotted on the floor on the night of Negrete's disappearance, whom no one could account for. Although originally just a missing person case, it was soon upgraded to a homicide investigation. They questioned Negrete's friends and other people living on his floor, but no one said they had seen Negrete since 4 AM. Police could not find any indication that Negrete had serious enemies, a secret life, depression, drugs or alcohol issues.
Īlthough there were allegedly witnesses who might have seen someone matching Negrete's description leaving the building at 4:35 AM, this was never substantiated. When Negrete's roommate woke up at 9 AM, Negrete was gone, but his clothing, shoes, wallet, keys and musical instruments were still there. He was last seen by the friend returning to his own room, and was never seen again. At 4 AM, the game finished, and he left his room to congratulate the other player. He then played an online video game with a friend in another room. On 10 December, he had attended a party with friends on the floor he lived on, and had subsequently returned to his room. Michael Negrete was a popular freshman at UCLA on a music scholarship, living at Dykstra Hall. Police consider his disappearance to be suspicious and have categorized his disappearance as a homicide case. Michael William Negrete (born March 25, 1981) was an eighteen-year-old American man and student at the University of California, Los Angeles, who vanished without a trace in Los Angeles in December 1999. Missing for 23 years, 6 months and 2 days
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