Found Deceased NJ - Patricia Viola, 42, Bogota, 13 Feb 2001

[petra]

Thinking of Patricia and her loving family today.
Jim,thank you for all the good work you do.

 

[Rle7]

Police must accept — without delay — any report of a missing person and immediately jot down identifying information about the individual, under a measure signed Wednesday by Governor Corzine at Bogota Borough Hall.

"Patricia's Law," named for a woman who remains missing after leaving her Bogota home in 2001, ensures that police cannot refuse to accept such reports and must notify the missing person's family of support services.

Another initiative announced Wednesday will have police and medical examiner's offices comparing DNA samples of the state's roughly 1,500 missing persons with those of 272 unidentified bodies, authorities said.

The initiatives come seven years after 42-year-old Patricia M. Viola was reported missing after leaving her Chestnut Avenue home.

Her husband, Jim, has continued his tireless search for her and in recent years pushed for legislation to require police to act immediately on all missing person's cases.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/7-year_search_yields_a_law.html

 

[Kelly]

From our friends at the Center for Human Identification: (DNA lab)

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/news/Connections/20080321Connect/Links/TopStory02.html

New Jersey signs law requiring use of Health Science Center DNA Lab services

A new law in the State of New Jersey aims to identify missing persons through a partnership between New Jersey law enforcement agencies and the UNT Center for Human Identification here on the UNTHSC campus. Patricia’s Law, which passed in January, requires New Jersey law enforcement agencies to submit reference DNA samples from family members of people missing more than 30 days to the UNT Center for Human Identification’s DNA lab for analysis and uploading into CODIS. Patricia’s Law is the first of its kind in the country to offer a comprehensive plan for collecting DNA evidence.

The law was signed by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at a press conference on Wednesday. Also in attendance were several New Jersey lawmakers, law enforcement representatives and the family of Patricia Viola, for whom the law is named.

Viola was a 42-year-old New Jersey wife and mother who disappeared Feb. 13, 2001. She left her home between 1 and 2:30 pm without identification, keys, credit cards, or her medication. No one knows what happened to her, and she has not yet been found.

Patricia’s Law was born from model legislation designed in 2005 at the first National Strategy Meeting on Identifying the Missing, which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, medical examiners and coroners, victim's advocates, forensic scientists, key policymakers, and families who have lived through this tragic experience.

ProjectJason.org, a not-for-profit missing persons organization, then called for volunteers in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to retain a sponsor to support the model missing persons' legislation at the state level. Patricia’s husband, Jim, took on New Jersey, and State Sen. Loretta Weinberg immediately embraced the new proposed legislation, making New Jersey the first state to obtain sponsorship.

 

[Julessleuther]

Bumping

 

[christine2448]

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Kelly Jolkowski" <[email protected]>
To: "Kelly Jolkowski" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 10:36:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: America's Most Wanted Makes an Announcement

Hello everyone,

I have good news for you in the form of a new awareness venture for your missing loved one with the America's Most Wanted (AMW) TV show.

The Missing Persons Producer asked me to make sure you knew about this, and to encourage you to tune into the show to see the announcement. This is something that I know many of you have wanted and asked for and now it's here.

We all know how visuals are critical in the search for missing persons. We've always believed in more than visuals, and that is in the sharing of your story. What better way than to get the face of your missing loved one in the public's eye, tell your story in your words, and add the personal element to help others understand and want to help.

The producer tells about My Story in her own words:
"The launch of the “My Story” segment of America’s Most Wanted will take place this Saturday night. My Story will allow the loved ones of missing persons to submit video to America’s Most Wanted about their case, told in their own words. As the show is configured it will air 46 minutes into the show. For people that miss it, the show is always available at www.amw.com after the show airs. On Saturday night people will be able to go on www.amw.com to see, download and print the instructions and guidelines for submitting video to us.
We only have 46 minutes of airtime each week. The missing cases will be competing with other cases for airtime. Our website has the capacity to hold these videos as well so that in addition to a larger presence of missing case information being on the web, we will be putting the videos up once edited."
She would like to know what you think about this and your comments after seeing the show. If you email me with those, I will compile them and send them to her. Be sure to indicate if you wish to remain anonymous, or sign your name to your comments.

In addition to this exciting announcement, I have been told that two families will have their missing loved one featured on the show.

Patricia Viola: http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=314.0
and
Joe Pichler: http://projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=634.0

Check your local listings for station and time, as this may vary.

Remember, there is always hope.........

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Help us find the missing: Become an AAN Member
http://www.projectjason.org/awareness.html
All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.

 

[believe09]

Bumping this thread-we have a sleuther who brought it to my attention...maybe there is something new going on? I wonder if anyone has checked facebook and myspace to see it there is anything out there???

 

[believe09]

This is an interesting UID-
https://identifyus.org/cases/full_report/1457

Healed fracture to the face and distinctive dentals...

I was looking on Google map regarding the area Patricia went missing. The Rite Aid is uncomfortably close to the Passaic River which can be deep, fast moving and dumps out into the harbor, so I was looking for UID's that might have been pulled from the river or the harbor in the event that she lost her bearings, hit the water and was washed south....

Patricia is in NCIC-I wonder if she has dental films and DNA???

 

[believe09]

sorry for the back to back posts- BUT
The flyer from the homestead website indicated a few things:

• Pat had an accident when she was 12 that left her with the epilepsy. I wonder what kind of accident it was??
• Pat was being medicated with 400mg Dilantin and 150 mg Pheno daily. Take a look at this link:

http://www.globalrph.com/anticonvulsants.htm

That is a mighty big dose of Dilantin and she was maxxed out on the Phenobarbital as well. I wonder if the change in her meds had happened recently. Because, she allegedly spoke with her mother and then left the house possibly to walk to Rite Aid and look at a toy. She did not bring her purse, keys or phone with her on her journey so she had no intention of buying the item. It says on the homestead site that she did not like to walk alone and did not walk for excersise....so what was she doing? I wonder if the episodes of forgetfulness were really an indicator of a big seizure coming....like perhaps she was having mini seizures or was somewhat toxic from her meds.....those dosages have a myriad of side effects and have to be closely monitored because of hyperglycemia and liver issues.

 

[AM528]

Thanks! I had moved to the area a few years before this happened and I've often wondered what ever happened to this woman. It is so strange.

Was there a thread here from her husband and it is gone? or is it somewhere that I could go back and read about it. I came to websleuths when Caylee Anthony went missing and I've been fascinated with the work the people do here on websleuths. It amazes me with everything you all come up with.

 

[Julessleuther]

Believe, thank you for bumping this up. I have always wondered what happened to Patricia. Both her and Audrey Herron just seemed to disappear into thin air. I guess I always wondered if Patricia wandered off and is a homeless shelter somewhere or something similar...I wish her family could finally have some peace and know what happened to her. I also wonder if maybe someone got into her house when the alarm went off and it was not secure---maybe the police were not thorough in their search?

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.northjersey.com/news/101246009_A_decade_later__family_holds_out_hope.html

Sunday, August 22, 2010
Last updated: Sunday August 22, 2010, 11:33 AM
BY RICHARD COWEN
The Record
STAFF WRITER

Nearly 10 years have passed since Patricia Viola vanished from her home on Chestnut Street in Bogota. These days, her husband Jim and their children, Christine and Michael do what they can to keep hope from disappearing altogether.

 

[Rle7]

bumping...

missing 10 years now.

 

[APIMaple]

Absolutely astonishing that it has been that long. What in the world could have happened? From what I gather she definitely didn't run off anywhere. That alarm has always caught me off guard. But then again so has the library situation, they say she was a little more quiet than normal. Was she depressed? Man oh man this is an baffling one.

 

[cluciano63]

It look likes the new season of "Disappeared" on ID channel will begin October 24th, with Pat's story.

 

[missingmywifepat]

Everyone:
As most of you know, my wife, Patricia Viola, has been missing from our Bogota, NJ home for over 10 1/2 years since Feb. 13, 2001. Over the last few months we have been working with the Producers of “Disappeared” on an episode for Patricia. This one hour, Nationally shown show on Patricia on the Investigation Discovery (ID) Channel will be by far the best opportunity to generate tips and determine what happened that day.

Patricia’s episode “Missing Valentine”, will be the “Disappeared” Season 4 Premier Show and we are very excited about it since the promos for the 4th season will probably use clips from Pat’s episode.

Patricia’s episode will air on: Monday, Oct. 24, 2011
at 10 PM EST.Use the link below to find out what Channel Investigation Discovery is on your television service:

http://investigation.discovery.com/channel-finder/

Examples:
FIOS viewers should tune in to Channel 123 for Investigation Discovery.
Cablevision viewers in all regions is Channel 171 for Investigation Discovery.

Link for information on the show:
http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/disappeared/

Sneak Peek of the show:
http://investigation.discovery.com/videos/disappeared-patricia-viola.html

Link to the Event for Facebook Users:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113159782126428

Please pass this information to everyone you know to help us get the word out.
We are still looking for answers and no tip is too small. We feel the answer is there, but we are not seeing it. We need someone to come forward with that last piece of this mysterious puzzle. Please report any tips to the Bogota Police at 201-487-2400, sign the guestbook with information, contact the Viola family at [email protected] or contact their Private Investigator, Gary Micco, at 908-303-1710.

Special Thanks go out to my Private Investigator, Gary Micco, 908-303-1710, of Gary Micco Private Investigations, who through his knowledge of Patricia’s case and his investigative skills and savvy, was very instrumental to ensuring that Patricia’s “Disappeared” episode materialized. I sincerely would recommend Gary to anyone with a missing loved one.

To assist in locating Patricia please review the links below:

For more information about Pat’s disappearance, please review her families web site:

http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com

For a link to Pat’s family videos see below:
http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/Video_Collection.html

To view Pat’s information on National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS)
see the link below:

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/45

For a link to the Missing Flyer to post in a responsible way see below:

http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/MISSING_PAT_10K_REWARD_Rev_n.pdf

For a link to Mailing Label to print out and adhere to your outgoing mail see below:

http://www.patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/patviolalabels_using_Avery_5160.doc
To submit an anonymous tip, text your tip to 274637 or CRIMES and include the word BergenTip or go to http://www.bergentip.com, select Bureau of Criminal Investigation, then Select "Submit an Anonymous Tip"

Thank you for the support.
With Hope,
Jim Viola
Still Missing my wife, Patricia Viola
“Ten years is a terribly long time to not know what happened to your loved one”
“The smallest clue could break open the case; so please make the call”
“What may seem incidental to you may open the eyes of investigators”
“The not knowing is worse than knowing”
“Help to heal our family”
“Our grandchildren want to see their grandmother”
Bogota, New Jersey – Bergen County – 2/13/01
Bogota Police – 201-487-2400

 

[cluciano63]

Bumping this up, Pat's story will be on the new episode of "Disappeared" tonight...

 

[Missing Budweiser]

Very sad, I pray that Jim finds his wife. Hopefully, this show brings some tips.

 

[SurfieTX]

I watched the episode last night. One thing I felt a little uneasy about was the sister staying with them, and also the conversation she had with Toinette the day before. I wonder what was upsetting Pat so much that she asked Toinette to cancel her vacation?

 

[ThoughtFox]

There has to be more to this story. I found it odd that the family member staying at the house - with whom Patricia had a problem - wasn't interviewed for the show. Didn't they say that this gal was staying there due to problems with her ex?

Epilepsy aside, most Moms don't just walk off in the middle of the school day and disappear. Also there was the thing about the alarm going off and the police coming to check. I kept wondering if a burglar was still inside the house after she arrived home - creepy!

 

[OldSteve]

Saw the show last night - wished they would have mention what happened to sister-in-law (I think that's who she was) after the argument.... did she leave, stay???
Did she have key to home, know alarm code?
Did she drive a car?
Not accusing, just curious and wishing show would ties up lose ends, so to say...