Very lengthy article. rbbm.
Town of Hamburg police believe Anjanette Piotrowski's short and tragic life ended on Oct. 17, 1994, when the 21-year-old disappeared. Her body was never found and nobody ever heard from her after that day.
buffalonews.com
- Dan Herbeck Apr 3, 2023
- Town of Hamburg police believe Anjanette Piotrowski's short and tragic life ended on Oct. 17, 1994, when the 21-year-old disappeared.Provided photo
''Town of Hamburg police believe her short and tragic life ended on Oct. 17, 1994, when the 21-year-old woman – who worked two jobs – disappeared.
That day, a witness saw Piotrowski, wrapped in a blanket and looking disoriented, in her car at an auto repair shop with a man police identified as Ronald Erhardt, 61, of Orchard Park.
Erhardt said he and Piotrowski drove later that morning to Broderick Park on the Niagara River on Buffalo’s West Side. Police said Erhardt told them that Piotrowski angrily ordered him out of her car after they got into an argument.''
“We strongly believe he did it, but we cannot say that we’re absolutely certain,” said Detective Sgt. Howard Widman, who continues to work on the cold case. “At this point, we still want to find Anjanette’s body, to bring some kind of closure to her family. There is also the possibility that some kind of accomplice was involved.”
Erhardt, who denied any involvement when questioned twice by police, will never be arrested. He died of an illness in Louisville, Ky., in 2014.''
''Investigators confirmed that they recently questioned one of Ronald Erhardt’s sons – David Erhardt, 53 – about Piotrowski’s disappearance.''
''On April 2, 1995 – more than five months after she disappeared – police thought they might have located Piotrowski’s body. The body of a woman, with no head or hands, was found in Lake Ontario, but police could never verify the identity.''
