CT CT - Salvatore Rafala, 23, Middletown, 4 Nov 1966

[Gardener1850]

Last seen alive: November 04, 1966

Circumstances: UNKNOWN. SALVATORE IS MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Rafala
[h=3]Details[/h] Age When Last Known Alive: 23
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 64.0
Weight: 140.0
[h=3]Location[/h] City: Middletown
State: Connecticut
County: Middlesex
[h=3]Appearance[/h] Hair: Black
Eye: Brown
[h=3]Clothing and Accessories[/h] Clothing: WHITE SHIRT, PANTS (COLOR UNKNOWN), SOCKS, WINDBREAKER

http://www.missingin.org/reg2047/salvatore_rafala.htm

Circumstances: Family woke up and Salvatore was not in his bed. Left home without shoes or jacket.

Dental information / charting is currently not available

DNA Status: Samples submitted - Tests not complete

Fingerprint information is currently not available

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/3316/

 

[thesensitivechild]

Get a kid at Wesleyan to do some research. Wesleyan university is in Middletown ct.


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[Savemecastiel]

Bump..

 

[CastlesBurning]

"Mentally disabled" could mean any number of conditions, and then from there, any range of severity. I really wish they were more specific.

 

[CastlesBurning]

When a Family Measures Time By Its Losses

 

[Coffee56]

Salvatore Rafala

• 

Rafala, circa 1966

• Missing Since11/04/1966
• Missing FromMiddletown, Connecticut
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexMale
• RaceWhite
• Age24 years old
• Height and Weight5'4, 140 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA windbreaker, a white shirt, pants, and socks.
• Medical ConditionsRafala is mentally disabled. Prior to his disappearance, he had complained of severe headaches, and was supposed to see a doctor about them.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Rafala speaks poor English.

Details of Disappearance
Rafala was last seen in Middletown, Connecticut on November 4, 1966. He lived with his family on Spring Street. When his family woke up, he wasn't in bed. He apparently left home without his shoes or coat and has never been heard from again.

He had not been living in the United States for very long, and his English was poor. His was supposed to see a doctor about his headaches a few days after he disappeared, and his family believes he may have been frightened and left because of the upcoming appointment. His case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency

• Middletown Police Department 860-638-4134

Source Information

• NamUs
• Websleuths
• The Hartford Courant

Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated September 2, 2018; casefile added.

Salvatore Rafala – The Charley Project

 

[findsalvatorerafala]

"Mentally disabled" could mean any number of conditions, and then from there, any range of severity. I really wish they were more specific.

 

[findsalvatorerafala]

"Mentally disabled" could mean any number of conditions, and then from there, any range of severity. I really wish they were more specific.

Salvatore suffered from scarlet fever as a 10 year old, thus his mental age did not progress past this age.

 

[TSL7584]

Missing over 55 years

 

[HopeRains]

Hartford Courant, 12 Nov 66, pg 23

 

[heartanium]

26 Exclusions:

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Possible match - this John Doe was aadded to NAMUS today.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Lots of info here: Italian man arrives in Middletown in 1966, goes missing within 2 months

<<Salvatore Rafala was 24 years old when he arrived in Middletown, thousands of miles away from Sicily, Italy.

While he spoke very little English, he got a job at Laura’s Fashion Shop on Pease Avenue. He lived with his parents, Carmelo and Lucia Rafala, who had been in the United States for about six months.

But one November morning in 1966 – Nov. 4, to be exact – the Rafalas woke up in the middle of the night and realized Salvatore was missing. He had apparently left the family's Spring Street home without his shoes or a jacket.>>

<<Some say Salvatore was mentally disabled. Family members attributed him being “a little slow” to a high fever he suffered when he was about 10 years old, Marco Rafala wrote in his essay about his missing uncle and how it affected his family.>>

<<But he was also homesick, and had asked his father multiple times if he could go back to Italy.

Carmelo Rafala, Salvatore’s father, asked his son to stay in Middletown for two more months while they saved up money for a plane ticket back to Italy. Shortly thereafter, Salvatore disappeared.>>






Written by Marco Rafala, Salvatore's uncle

When a Family Measures Time By Its Losses

Everyone tells the story of that night differently. My mother said that my Ziu Salvatore left the apartment at 87 Spring Street in Middletown, Connecticut, at 2 am on Friday morning. He wore only a…

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Salvatore's brother's obituary-Salvatore is listed as missing

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/sebastiano-rafala-obituary?id=50250411

<<His brother, Salvatore, has been missing since 1966. >>

 

[Pennysmom1]