Missing Bloomfield Resident Last Seen in Fort Lee

Police and concerned friends and family of a missing 21-year-old Bloomfield resident are asking for the public’s help after his abandoned car was found in Fort Lee and reportedly contained a suicide note.

Bloomfield police said the department started investigating Nycal Velasquez’s disappearance after Palisades Interstate Parkway Police found his family’s car in Fort Lee Historical Park on March 30. The car was missing since 3 that morning.

Alberto Velasquez, Nycal's father, told investigators he had been attempting to contact his son all day with no success. Nycal has a cell phone and a laptop computer, both of which are believed to be powered off.

The Palisades Parkway Police, Bergen County Police and Port Authority conducted an extensive search of the area where the car was found.

Nycal is described as a 5’9” tall, 140 lbs., of Filipino descent, black hair, olive skin with a tattoo of a tree on his right forearm and one with the word vindicate on his back. Velasquez was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, Blue North Face jacket and jeans.

According to a report by northjersey.com, Velasquez's mother, Cynthia, is pleading for her son's return. She said that her son went out with friends and came home around 2:30 a.m. on March 30. According to his mother, he parked his car in the driveway, and left in her car.

The report said that Velasquez used the spare key to take his mother's car. She texted him the next day to come home because she needed to use her car. 

Bloomfield Sgt. Anthony Servedio said that they are keeping track of things like social media, even though [the family] says [Nycal] doesn't use it, the report said. Police also said that they believe Nycal is carrying his cell phone and laptop computer, but both are powered off.

According to the report, Velasquez received a letter from Bloomfield College threatening dismissal because he had not been attending classes. His mother said that he had also been seeing a girl from the school.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bloomfield Police Department’s Detective Division at (973) 680-4084.

This article was updated Thursday at 10:55 p.m.

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