MA MA - Joseph Thomas Rodziewicz Jr., 32, Methuen, May 1, 1989

[Maccoombs]

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/10132?nav

Nicknames: Peter/Petey/Joe/Joey also aka Wayne Miller

Male
Height 5' 10" - 6' 2" (70 - 74 Inches)
Weight 240 - 270 lbs
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian

Circumstances
He was last seen by his sister, Heather, in Newburyport, Massachusetts in May 1989 when he left her to go to the Methuen/Lawrence Massachusetts area to visit a girlfriend at that time. He worked for either a private or municipal sanitation company when he was in Newburyport, MA and may have worked for moving companies such as Mayflower. He had some known association with bikers and wore clothes similar to that style. There were possible phone calls that he made to family members up until 1995, with one call saying he was hospitalized in a Massachusetts or Connecticut hospital with a slashed throat and another was a collect call he made to his sister saying he was in Chicago and homeless but when that bill came in, it showed the call had been made from Connecticut. He was known to be in Illinois (1984), Colorado (1987), Connecticut and Massachusetts (1989)

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Wore strong prescription eyeglasses with aviator style gold wire frames.
Left ear pierced but torn or notched from having an earring pulled out

Scarred over belly button Possible throat scar

Tattoo
Multiple homemade tattoos over body but the following are known: Left lower arm (see images) known to have a cross with JOE below it and "F.T.W." below that and then followed by DFFL in descending letters below that extending down to hand On lower fingers of one hand had F-U-C-K and either L-O-V-E OR H-A-T-E on the other hand: one letter per finger. He also had tattoos on the inner aspect of left arm but they are unknown as well as multiple other homemade tattos on right arm and on chest as well--women's names of possibly Kathy and Sally

Other distinctive physical characteristic
Needed eyeglasses to see--wore strong eyeglass prescription since a child--voice raspy at times especially if drinking

Clothing and Accessories

Used a chain to secure his wallet to pocket and could be carrying a rosary and or pocketknife

Liked to wear jeans, T-shirts, and vests and if he wore a hat, it was one with a brim and of the type pictured in photo

Strong prescription: Aviator gold wire framed glasses

Wore work boots or cowboy type boots approximately size 12

Last known to be wearing a gold chain necklace as seen in picture

 

[Atombudd]

Joseph Thomas Rodziewicz Jr.

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Rodziewicz, circa 1989

• Missing Since 05/01/1989
• Missing From Methuen, Massachusetts
• Classification Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 03/25/1957 (64)
• Age 32 years old
• Height and Weight 6'0 - 6'2, 240 - 270 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description Unknown, but he usually wore jeans, a t-shirt, a vest, size 12 work boots or cowboy boots, a gold chain necklace, a wallet attached with a chain, and possibly a hat with a brim.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, green/hazel eyes. Rodziewicz is very nearsighted and wears gold wire-rimmed Aviator eyeglasses. He smokes cigarettes and he may grow his hair long and have a beard and mustache. He is missing his upper two front teeth and he may have a scar on his throat and a surgical scar on his navel. His left ear was pierced and was torn from having the earring forcibly pulled out. He may use the first names Joe, Joey, Peter and/or Petey, or the name Wayne Miller. Rodziewicz has multiple homemade tattoos. On his left arm he has tattoos of a cross, the name "JOE" followed by the letters "FTW" and the letters "DFFL" descending down his hand. He has the word "" spelled across the fingers of one hand and the word "LOVE" or "HATE" on the fingers of the other hand. He may have the names "Kathy" or "Sally" on his torso, and he has other tattoos on his body and right arm.

Details of Disappearance
Rodziewicz went to visit a girlfriend in Methuen, Massachusetts in May 1989. This was the last time anyone in his family saw him. He called his sister from a pay phone in Connecticut in late 1989 or early 1990. He had a reputation as a drifter and would go for a long time without contact with his family, he usually called one of his half-sisters around Christmas time.

Rodziewicz called his sister collect in 1995. He said he was in Illinois at the time and homeless, but the phone bill proved he was calling from Connecticut. This was the last time anyone in his family heard from him.

Rodziewicz claimed to be associated with a motorcycle gang that operated out of Lowell, Massachusetts. He may have worked for a moving company in Chicago, Illinois for a time and he had also worked for a sanitation company. He has a prior arrest history.

His family reported him missing in 2011, twenty-two years after they last saw him and sixteen years after they last heard from him. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear. Methuen, Massachusetts police are investigating.
Joseph Thomas Rodziewicz Jr. – The Charley Project

 

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[LucyOso]

Seattle, Feb. 22, 1991
Case number: 91-223
Man found dead from alcoholism in a transient camp at Eighth Avenue and James Street. Age 20-40, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-1. He had black hair, brown eyes, a mustache and goatee. He wore a dark-blue hooded sweatshirt with a front pouch, size XL, with "Methuen 137 Rangers" in white lettering - athletic gear from a Massachusetts high school. He also wore dark-green pants with light-green stripes, a dark shirt with lighter vertical stripes and an orange hooded windbreaker.

Without a Trace

I can find no other info on other sites though.

 

[Pennysmom2]

4420DMMA - Joseph Thomas Rodziewicz, Jr.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available. He is missing his top two front teeth. He previously had a bridge for those teeth, but had lost it by 1989. It is unknown whether he ever replaced it.
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

 

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