Netflix worker missing last seen getting into Uber after starting new job
A young man has gone missing last seen getting into an Uber after completing a day at his new job where he was a software engineer at Netflix.
Building security camera footage shows Yohanes Kidane, 22, leaving his home in downtown San Jose around 7.15pm on Monday and entering a car with an Uber sticker on the back.
According to a missing person's poster, Kidane's cell phone, wallet and backpack were found near the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center in San Francisco. The location on his phone also confirmed that he had spent most of Monday night by the bridge.
“Two young colleagues of his saw him and were able to talk to him,” Kidane’s brother, Yosief, said. “He said he was heading to San Francisco to maybe meet a friend. The last footage I’ve seen of him was leaving his apartment building and getting into a black Toyota Camry.”
Kidane's mother and brother speaking to press before coming to San Fransico to look for himHis mother, Mehret Hana Beyene says that her husband and oldest son flew from New York to San Francisco to look for the younger son in the Bay Area. Kidane is described as 5ft 8ins, 150lbs, and was last seen wearing grey sweatpants, a black hoodie and black shoes.
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"He travelled here late July, July 26, and he started work last week, so this was his second week of work," said his brother, Yosief Kidane. Kidane is from New York, and had just moved to California weeks ago to start a new job in July at Netflix. He recently graduated from Cornell.
The 22-year-old's phone, wallet, and personal items were found days later near the Golden Gate Bridge (YouTube/@KTVU)“Someone who was in San Rafael, who was on a commute, saw a phone and wallet sitting on this small grassy hill right between the Welcome Center and coffee shop,” Kidane’s brother told the station. “Thirty bucks in cash was in his wallet, IDs cards, phone untouched."
"Later, his backpack was found near the Golden Gate Bridge and had two of his laptops and personal documents seemingly untouched," said Yoseif. The backpack was found Wednesday, while the rest of the items were located last Monday.
The Cornell grad came to California for a job as a software engineer before he vanished (YouTube/@KTVU)Kidane’s friends and relatives have started a task force to search for him, contacted San Jose Police and created a GoFundMe.
“Yohanes has gone missing in San Francisco. This fundraiser is for covering travel expenses for his family as they search for him,” the crowdfunding page said. Kidane's former college roommate told his parents that the man had mentioned a suspicious Uber ride that took place just days before the disappearance.
“The Uber driver insisted, if it was an actual Uber driver, that instead of taking him to the location that he needed to be, he’s like, ‘Oh, I’m going to take you to Oakland. It’s much safer there,'” Austin Farmer told Fox News. “And he just wouldn’t let Yohanes go where he needed to go. So they took him to downtown Oakland. I guess he eventually got back to his apartment or wherever he lives, but that was pretty suspicious.”
“We want to take him home. I need my son. I need my son,” Mehret Hana Beyene, Kidane's mother, told KTVU. “He’s a good man who has a bright future, very loving to his family.”
Anyone who has information on Kidane's whereabouts is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department at (408) 277-8900 and reference case number 23-227-0531. Relatives can be reached at (585) 489-4880 or 585-500-5220.
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