On July 11, 1980, Stephen D. Forbes, Village Green Apartments, Baldwinsville, NY, was reported missing by family, having been last seen on July 8, 1980. Forbes had been driving his blue 1977 Dodge pickup which was discovered parked at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. Forbes was reportedly last seen leaving a friend's residence on Vine Street in Liverpool, NY at approximately 2:00 PM on July 8, 1980. Forbes was a partner in the "Novel-T Shirt Store" on Route 48, Phoenix, NY. On August 19, 1980, the body of Forbes was discovered in a heavily wooded area adjacent to a small dirt roadway leading south off Route 20, in the town of Lafayette, Onondaga County.