Michael rockefeller wikipedia

It was big news back in late 1961 when Michael Rockefeller vanished off the coast of New Guinea. The young man with the famous name was never found. But now, after more than 50 years, Jim Axelrod tells us the mystery may finally have been solved:

There are few places on Earth as remote and timeless as the jungles of New Guinea.

It is a land of endless swamp, and home to the Asmat people, who today live much as they have for 10,000 years.

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It's also a place modern civilization has paid little attention to -- at least, that is, since 1961, when the eyes of the world were focused here trying to solve a mystery involving one of the nation's most prominent families: the Rockefellers.

What was it about the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller that had such a hold on the public?

"He's a member of one of the world's most affluent and powerful families, and he vanishes on the southwest coast of New Guinea -- it's like he was swallowed up in this alien world," said author Carl Hoffm