 At home on a leave, Wachsman was instructed by the military to attend a one-day training course in northern Israel.He left Saturday night after Shabbat, telling his parents he would return Sunday night, October 9, 1994.He was last seen by a friend who reported that, after completing the training, Wachsman had been dropped off at the Bnai Atarot junction, a highly populated area in central Israel, where he could either catch a bus or hitchhike, a common practice of Israeli soldiers, to Jerusalem.