Pytlinski was last seen in Denver, Colorado on March 5, 2009. He reportedly told his roommate he was going to meet a girl and would be gone for a day or two. He has never been heard from again. On May 12, six weeks after Pytlinski's disappearance, his blue 1985 Cadillac with the Colorado license plate number 955PUO was found abandoned at the bus station in the 400 block of south Cherokee Street. There was no sign of Pytlinski at the scene. Few details are available in his case.