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'Was Jack here?' A sister asks the beach community whether they've seen her missing brother

Zoë Kustritz visits the Malibu Surf Shack to hand out stickers designed with her missing brother’ s name on Feb. 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES — While setting up a chess board at a mental health treatment center in Agoura Hills, Jack Stein looked past his roommate like he'd seen a ghost. The 24-year-old went to his room, laced up his shoes and walked out into the midsummer evening.

That was the last time anyone saw him.

His sister, Zoë Kustritz, is still trying to figure out what happened.

Kustritz, 27, flew into Los Angeles from Cambridge, Massachusetts, last weekend, continuing the search for her only sibling.

As she strolled the boardwalk between Santa Monica and Venice Beach, she handed out stickers she made. "Was Jack

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