NY NY - Gretchen Moselle Wachter, 33, Brooklyn, Oct 2011

[ChatteringBirds]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)



Missing Person / NamUs #MP22048
Gretchen Moselle Wachter
Date of Last Contact: October 1, 2011
Missing From: Brooklyn, New York
Missing Age: 33 Years
Current Age: 43 Years
Nickname/Alias:
Bea MacArthur; Davita (Veda) Short

Female
Height: 5' 3" - 5' 4" (63 - 64 Inches)
Weight: 130 - 135 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: light brown, sometimes colored blonde
Body Hair Description: brown
Eye Color: Brown

Last Known Location: Brooklyn, New York 11221
County: Kings County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Was staying at the House of Hope. Family has not heard from her since October 2011. House of Hope has not seen her since and still had letters from family they were holding for her.

Distinctive Physical Features
Piercing: pierced ears
Scar/mark: egg-shaped birthmark on one hip (left?); coin-size circular scar on ankle

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Here is her page on the Charley Project:

Gretchen Moselle Wachter – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance:
Wachter was living in the House of Hope, a facility for homeless individuals, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn in 2011. Her family last heard from her in October of that year. They haven't seen or heard from her since and the House of Hope staff doesn't know her whereabouts either. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency:
New York Police Department 718-574-1792

 

[ChatteringBirds]

On Websleuths, Gretchen was mentioned as a possibility for this Jane Done (page 12 of the thread).
NY - NY - Kings Co., UnsFem, UP15911, 23-33, on shoreline of Jamaica Bay, tattoos, Sep'16

She was also mentioned as a possibility for this Jane Doe (page 1):
NY - NY - NYC, WhtFem, 25 -35, UP14585, floating in Hudson River, Sep'14

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up Gretchen's case for 2022. I am not finding any (new or older) articles online about her case.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up Gretchen's case. She is still listed on NamUs so I assume still missing.