SeaTac man missing since Wednesday night

A 28-year-old husband, father, and art designer at an advertising agency in Seattle, is missing after leaving work Wednesday night and never making it home.

Nicholas Francisco spoke to his wife by phone from his Queen Anne office around 6 p.m., just like most nights, letting her know he was on his way home. He told his four-year-old daughter that they would make cookies when he got there. He told his wife he loves her.

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	Nicholas Francisco

Christine Francisco, said Saturday that she asked her husband to stop at Costco for some sugar on his way.

"He is gone. That's all I know. He just vanished. There is something wrong, I just don't know what it is," she said. "There is no trace of him left."

The couple met at the Art Institute of Seattle where they were both students. They just celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. They have two small children, and a third baby on the way.

"Even if he needed a break, he would call and tell me that. We are his life, we are the center of his life," said Christine Francisco.

Clif Chambliss, a family friend, organized a search party to look for Nicholas Francisco's car, a 1992 Toyota Paseo hatchback, bright red, or signs of the missing man. Nearly 50 people scoured every possible route between the Queen Anne office and the couple's SeaTac home.

They have posted flyers, circled shopping mall parking lots and checked with grocery store clerks to see if he might have stopped off somewhere to pick up a Valentine present for his wife.

"This is how loved Nicholas is," said Chambliss.

They have also checked hospital emergency rooms, and called the King County Medical Examiner.

Chambliss said Francisco typically goes straight home after work.

"It is very odd that his car hasn't shown up," he said.

"He is a very cheerful guy, he is really mellow, there were no signs of depression," said Chambliss. "He brings his family joy."

"The police are baffled, we are baffled. None of this makes any sense," he said.

King County Sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart told KOMO --TV that they are looking for any lead, any clue, as to what would explain Francisco's disappearance.

"Literally, there is no place to search," Urquhart said. "What we have to do is our investigative work and try to track him either through cell phone or bank records."

Anyone with any information that may be related to this case is asked to call 911.