Charlotte-Mecklenburg police on Monday acknowledged they talked to an employee who reportedly saw Kyle Fleischmann inside the Fuel Pizza restaurant at Sixth and College streets on the morning he disappeared last November.

But police said they were unable to corroborate the employee’s account so they have not publicized the information. The employee’s description of the man’s clothing also did not match what Fleischmann was wearing, said Julie Hill, a police spokeswoman.

“We have talked to hundreds of people … including Fuel Pizza employees,” said Hill. “They talked to every business, taxi cab, you name it. They have canvassed all over the place.”

Fleischmann’s father, Richard, and a private investigator told the Observer Sunday that workers had seen Fleischmann at Fuel Pizza before it closed at 3 a.m. They heard that last week while talking to workers at the restaurant, according to the private investigator, Joe Paonessa.

Kyle Fleischmann went with a group of friends to the Buckhead Saloon for drinks late Thursday, Nov. 8. His friends left between 11 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday, but Fleischmann stayed.

Fleischmann called his sister, Noelle, and hung up without leaving a message about 2:20 a.m., Paonessa said. He left Buckhead alone a few minutes later.

Fleischmann began making more calls around 3 a.m., but got no one. Cell phone signals indicate he was still in the uptown area, Paonessa said.

Fleischmann was discovered missing after he failed to show up for work Nov. 9. Anyone with information should call police at 704-336-3949 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.