Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein

Dorothy Forstein
Born Dorothy Cooper
1909
United States
Disappeared October 1949 (age 40)
Status Missing for 68 years, 11 months and 25 days
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)

Dorothy "Dora" Forstein (born Dorothy Cooper, 1909) was an American woman who went missing after being last seen on October 18, 1949.

Disappearance

On the night of October 18, 1949, Dorothy's husband, magistrate Jules Forstein, left home for the evening. He later called Dorothy and told her that he would not arrive home until late. When he returned home, he was very surprised to find his two children Edward and Marcy clinging together in a bedroom. They were both crying "Mommy's gone!" Marcy told her father that roughly 15 minutes previously, she had been woken up by a noise and had gone downstairs, where she had seen a middle aged man in a brown peaked cap carrying her unconscious mother down the stairs over his shoulder. When she had asked him what he was doing, he'd patted her head and told her "Go back to sleep little one, your mom is fine".[1][2] and he then left and locked the door.[3]

Investigation

Police initially doubted Marcy's story, but believed it after a psychiatrist interviewed her and confirmed that she was apparently telling the truth. The theory first posited by police was that someone with a grudge against her husband due to his job had targeted her. This was seen as most likely given that five years previously, a home intruder had stolen nothing but had severely assaulted Dorothy. On this occasion too, nothing was stolen from the house.[1] No fingerprints were left behind by the intruder nor were there any signs of forced entry, just as in the previous assault.[1] A large search was conducted to find Forstein as the police asked for a check of all unidentified women, and requested reports from hospitals (including mental hospitals), hotels, morgues and convalescent homes all across the country.[1] Captain James Kelly of Philadelphia's detective bureau sent out 10,000 notices to police departments and institutions with the description of Forstein.[4]

Further reading

  • Boar, Roger; Blundell, Nigel (2012). "Disappearing Dorothy". The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes. Hamlyn. ISBN 9780753706954.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  2. ↑ "JUDGE'S WIFE VANISHES; FEAR HER ABDUCTION". Chicago Tribune. 1949-10-24. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. ↑ Nash, Jay Robert (1978). Among the Missing: An Anecdotal History of Missing Persons from 1800 to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 119–122. ISBN 9781590775233.
  4. ↑ "Search Covers Nation For Phila. Woman". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. 1949-10-26. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
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