Disappearance of Michaela Garecht
- Year
- 1988
- Where
- California
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Evidence
- 1
On November 19, 1988, nine-year-old Michaela Joy Garecht (born January 24, 1979) was abducted in broad daylight at the corner of Mission Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue in Hayward, California, United States. Sketches of Garecht's abductor were distributed along with missing person flyers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area within 24 hours of her disappearance, but search efforts proved fruitless. Her case was…
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- Michaela Garecht: TakenScams, Money, & Murder · 2026
- Michaela Garecht: Taken Pt. 2The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole · 2026
- Michaela Garecht: Taken Pt. 1The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole · 2026
- 305: Castello di Montebello & Michaela GarechtCreeps and Crimes · 2026
- Michaela Garecht // 453Going West: True Crime · 2024
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- KTVU FOX 2 News at Noon : KTVU : December 21, 2020 12:00pm-1:00pm PSTVideo · 2020
- CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 5AM : KPIX : February 9, 2012 5:00am-6:00am PSTVideo · 2012
- NBC Bay Area News at 6 : KNTV : August 17, 2011 6:00pm-7:00pm PDTVideo · 2011
- ABC 7 Morning News : KGO : February 13, 2012 6:00am-7:00am PSTVideo · 2012
- ABC7 News 600AM : KGO : October 11, 2012 6:00am-7:00am PDTVideo · 2012
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