204 - The Disappearance of Paresh Patel

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Thirty-six year old Paresh Patel was on top of the world. Smart, rich and powerful, Patel was the owner of three separate clubs on Austin's famous Sixth Street. Outside of his own clubs, Patel was tied into several others run by friends and business associates. Many loved Paresh and called him a great person and a smart businessman; others believed he was corrupt and went out of his way to try and cut the legs out from under the competition.

On the afternoon of Monday, September 25th, 2000, Paresh stopped by his club, the Metro, to pick up cash from the weekend's profits. Leaving with $15,000 in his hand, Paresh was set to stop at Azucar, another club he owned just down the street. Driving away in his Lexus SUV, Paresh was never seen alive again.

Investigators located his abandoned vehicle the next day, with the windows rolled down and the keys in the ignition but there was no sign of Paresh, nor the money he was carrying. While some believed he had been the victim of a random robbery, others argued that perhaps his own business associates decided to cut him out -- literally.

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0:39.3	September 25, 2000, Austin, Texas.
0:43.2	36-year-old club owner and entrepreneur Parish Patel stops by the Metro is rock club
0:48.9	on Austin's famous 6th Street.
0:51.8	After picking up $15,000 from the weekend's profits, he makes his way towards Azucar, a
0:57.7	Latin dance club he owns less than a mile away.
1:01.2	While witnesses spot his car parked nearby, no one ever sees Parish again.
1:07.1	Hours later, when he fails to pick up his children from school, his family notifies
1:11.6	authorities.
1:13.5	Austin detectives launch their investigation, quickly locating Parish's missing SUV, discovered
1:19.4	in a parking lot on the other side of town, they found the windows down and keys dangling
1:24.2	from the ignition.
1:25.2	There was no sign of Parish, nor the money he was traveling with.
1:30.4	Years later, the leader of a Texas prison gang admits during testimony that Parish had been
1:35.5	targeted, robbed and murdered by the gang.
1:38.7	However, when a federal investigation into Parish's former business partners uncovers
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