The Mysterious Disappearance of Anthony Klama
He vanished shortly after he was seen with a strange man in the parking lot of his apartment complex.
Anthony Klama — known as Tony to family and friends — liked to play darts. On the evening of Thursday, November 5, 1998, he decided to spend some time doing just that. At 9:00 pm, he left his residence in the Foxfire Apartment complex in Palatine, Illinois, and made the short walk to Splinter’s Sports Bar, located just a couple of blocks away. The 36-year-old spent a few hours playing darts there before leaving around 11:45 pm to walk back to his apartment.
Tony had been alone when he left Splinter’s Sports Bar, but witnesses would later recall seeing him and an unidentified man get out of a light-colored car in the parking lot of the Foxfire Apartments. The man who was with Tony was described as being around 5 feet 9 inches tall, 190 pounds, with dark hair and a mustache. No one knew who this man was but it was possible it was someone he had been playing darts with while at the sports bar. The two were seen entering the building together, although no one saw where they went once they were inside the building. Tony was never seen again.
Tony was divorced and had no children, but he was extremely close with his family and was in daily contact with…