Deutsche Presse-Agentur
After reportedly being last seen leaving the embassy midday on June 28, 2007, Mooney was reported as a missing person to Cypriot authorities after a day in which the embassy conducted its own search. Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported that "one colleague said he had been going to a fitness center at a Nicosia hotel", while another said Mooney planned to pick up somebody at the Larnaca International Airport. His car, a black Chevrolet Impala, was also missing.