Person of Interest Sought in Missing Man Case

Police release surveillance picture of man believed to been withdrawing money from missing father's bank account

Atlantic City Police have released a photo of a person of interest in the case of a man who went missing from the seaside resort last week.

Martin Caballero was on his way to parking his car at the Trump Taj Mahal around 10:30 p.m. Friday when he disappeared.

The 47-year-old North Jersey man was in town to celebrate his daughter Jessica's 22nd birthday and had just dropped her, his wife and other daughter off at the entrance to the casino, police say.

More than two hours after Caballero went missing, an unidentified man withdrew $300 from an Egg Harbor Township, N.J. ATM, authorities say.

The man -- captured in surveillance video -- appeared to be driving Caballero's white 2009 Lincoln MKS. Caballero was nowhere in sight.

That car was found a few hours later, burning behind a Blackwood, N.J. social club, police say.

Authorities searched the torched car, parking garage and the areas surrounding the bank where the money was withdrew, but have yet to find the man.

They are hoping someone will recognize the man in the surveillance photo so that he could shed some light on why he was using Caballero's ATM card.

Sources tell NBC Philadelphia that authorities are also trying to determine if someone tried to use Caballero's ATM card a second time early Saturday morning.

While police search for Caballero, his family continues to scour Atlantic County, looking for any sign of the man.

"It helps us because we feel like we're looking for him and we haven't given up and we know that he knows that we're looking for him," the missing man's niece Mariana Sanchez said Tuesday.

Authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.

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