Popular doorman James "Tiny" Kallas vanished from The Factory on April 27, 1979. Eleven days later, his dead body was found stuffed in a manhole at 27th and Brown. Although prosecutors charged two young men, a medical examiner's report suggested Tiny had only been dead for two days. The suspects avoided trial with reduced pleas, leaving the case forever unresolved. Kallas was set to open a new club, Tiny's Waterfront Disco, in the historic River Queen building. Instead, the now-vacant building was destroyed by fire in November 1979 and demolished in May 1980.