Michaela Garecht Non-Family Abduction/Suspect Nov.19,1988 CA
Non-Family Abduction MICHAELA GARECHT DOB: Jan 24, 1979 Missing: Nov 19, 1988 Age Now: 26 Sex: Female Race: White Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Height: 4'8" (142 cm) Weight: 75 lbs (34 kg) Missing From: HAYWARD CA United States Age Progressed SUSPECT COMPOSITE Suspect DOB: Jan 1, 1970 Sex: Male Race: White Hair: Blonde Eyes: Unknown Height: Unknown Weight: Unknown Michaela's photo is shown age-progressed to 24 years. She was abducted by an unknown individual while trying to retrieve her scooter from him in front of the Rainbow Market on Mission Blvd in Hayward, CA. Suspect was between 18 - 24 years with a slender build. He had a pock marked or pimpled face and dirty blonde hair. He was driving an older model full-size car, possibly a gold or tan 4-door. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayward Police Department (California) - Missing Persons Unit - 1-510-293-7272 Or Your Local FBI Flyer Available at: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=717172&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

The Doe Network: Case File 181DFCA Left and Center: Garecht, circa 1988; Right: Age-progressed image of Garecht at age 24 (circa 2003) Michaela Joy Garecht Missing since November 19, 1988 from Hayward, Alameda County, California. Classification: Non Family Abduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vital Statistics Date Of Birth: January 24, 1979 Age at Time of Disappearance: 9 years old Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'8; 75 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair; blue eyes. Michaela has prominent ears and her eyes slant slightly downward. Dentals: Her teeth are slightly mottled. Dental X-rays Available. Clothing: White t-shirt with Metro written across the front and images of people imprinted on the midsection, pant or shorts, flesh-colored nylons, black cloth shoes with brown plastic soles. Jewelry: 3" Pearl-colored or white earrings which resembled feathers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circumstances of Disappearance Garecht was abducted by an unidentified White male on the parking lot of the Rainbow Market on Mission Boulevard in Hayward, California on November 19, 1988. Garecht had ridden her bicycle with a friend, the two blocks from her home to the store. When they came out of the store, the friend's scooter had been moved. Garecht saw the scooter in the parking lot and was lured to the kidnapper. He grabbed her and threw her, screaming, into his car while her friend watched. The friend ran into the store for help. The car sped off. The car the kidnapper was driving was described to police as a large older model American-made sedan, gold or tan in color, in ratty condition, possibly a four-door. The car may have had cement splattered on the sides, and lights set into the rear bumper. It was last seen speeding south on Mission Boulevard toward the nearby Union City border. The abductor is described as having long, dirty blonde hair; a slender build; and a pockmarked or pimpled face. He was approximately 18 - 24 years old at the time of Garecht's abduction. A sketch of her abductor is below: Sketch of Abductor Available -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investigators If you have any information concerning Garecht's whereabouts or the identity of her abductor, please contact: Hayward Police Department 510-293-7272 All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis. Agency Case Number: 88112127 NCIC Number: M-566376392 Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Source Information: The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children Nation's Missing Children Organization and Center For Missing Adults ABC News http://www.doenetwork.us/cases/181dfca.html

California kidnap suspects probed over missing girls Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:12pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities on Tuesday returned to the Northern California home where kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard was held for 18 years, searching the grounds for evidence that could link her suspected abductors to two girls missing since the late 1980s. Investigators from two nearby towns said they were hunting for clues that could tie Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the married couple charged with snatching 11-year-old Dugard from a street near her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991, to the kidnappings of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht or 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff. Dugard, who is now 29, surfaced last month after convicted rapist and registered sex offender Phillip Garrido, 58, aroused the suspicion of police at a college campus while proselytizing and was questioned by his parole officer. The couple is accused of holding Dugard for nearly two decades in a squalid collection of tents and sheds behind their home near Antioch, east of San Francisco, where prosecutors say Phillip Garrido raped her and fathered her two children. Both Phillip and Nancy Garrido, 54, have pleaded innocent to 29 criminal counts that include kidnapping for sexual purposes, forcible lewd acts and rape. Police say Garecht, who was grabbed in front of the Rainbow Market in the town of Hayward on November 18, 1988, bore a striking resemblance to Dugard and that a sketch of the suspect had been likened to Phillip Garrido. "I'm hoping this will lead to a resolution," Michaela's mother, Sharon Murch, told reporters. "I know that if Jaycee Dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home after 18 years." "Michaela, if you're out there somewhere within the sound of my voice, I just want you to know that we love you, we miss you, there's nothing that could possibly have happened over the last 20 years that could change that and we want you to come home," she said. Hayward Police Lieutenant Christine Orrey called it "one of the strongest leads we have pursued so far" in the Garecht case. Misheloff vanished on January 30, 1989, and a car found on the Garrido property appears to fit the description of a sedan she was seen getting into on the day she disappeared, police said. Forensic scientists have already concluded that a sliver of bone found on a property neighboring the Garridos' home was probably human, although further tests are required to establish that it is modern and not Native American remains, which are commonly found in the area. Phillip Garrido served 10 years in prison for the 1976 rape of another South Lake Tahoe woman. He was arrested in 1972 for drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl, but was never prosecuted because she refused to testify in court. (Reporting by Dan Whitcomb, editing by Anthony Boadle) http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58E7WO20090916