NJ NJ - Kenneth Schweighart, 46, New Lisbon, 2 March 1982

S

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed

Former Member

Joined

Jul 12, 2006

Messages

21,188

Reaction score

1,210

Website

www.facebook.com

• Feb 2, 2012

• #1

Missing since March 2, 1982 from New Lisbon, Burlington County, New Jersey
Classification: Missing

• Date Of Birth: June 25, 1935
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 46 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 67-69 inches; 145-155 lbs.
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Grey hair; brown eyes (his eyes have been described as blue).
• Clothing: He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, green checkered shirt, and blue pants.
• Scars: He may have a scar on his forehead.
• DNA: Available.
• Fingerprints: Available

Kenneth was a patient at the New Lisbon Developmental Center in New Lisbon, NJ. He left on March 2, 1982 and has not been seen or heard from since.



NamUs - https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/3840 

Doe Network - http://doenetwork.org/cases/4186dmnj.html

Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/schweighart_kenneth.html

 

D

Dylansmom08

Well-Known Member

Joined

Jun 30, 2020

Messages

668

Reaction score

3,885

• Sep 1, 2020

• #2

FBI seeks new info in 42-year-old missing persons case from New Jersey

Didn't find any new information on Mr. Schweighart but I did find an interesting article about two other people going missing from that same facility before it changed names. I don't know if they are connected or not but it does seem odd that three people that were supposed to be under close supervision managed to just walk away.

 

W

Wherearethey?

Member

Joined

Dec 22, 2020

Messages

17

Reaction score

28

• Apr 2, 2022

• #3

it's crazy to me how there is virtually NOTHING on this man's disappearance...

 

T

TSL7584

Well-Known Member

Joined

Mar 1, 2022

Messages

242

Reaction score

264

• Sep 18, 2022

• #4

Missing 40 years

 

MadMcGoo

Moderator

Staff member

Moderator

Joined

Nov 1, 2018

Messages

10,429

Reaction score

35,516

• Sep 18, 2022

• #5

Kenneth Arthur Schweighart – The Charley Project

Medical Conditions: Schweighart is mildly mentally disabled, with an IQ of 58. He is not violent.

Details of Disappearance: Schweighart was a resident of the New Lisbon State School for Retarded Males in New Lisbon, New Jersey in 1982; he had lived there for approximately four years. His family lived in Garfield, New Jersey. He left the campus at 11:45 a.m. on March 2, 1982 and has never been heard from again.

Curiously, Schweighart is not the only New Lisbon State School resident who went missing and was never heard from again; Steven Andersonand David Williams disappeared from there together in 1975. It hasn't been proven that the disappearances are related.

The New Lisbon State School is now coed and known as the New Lisbon Developmental Center. All three cases remains unsolved.

 

MadMcGoo

Moderator

Staff member

Moderator

Joined

Nov 1, 2018

Messages

10,429

Reaction score

35,516

• Sep 18, 2022

• #6

Kenneth Arthur Schweighart 1982 NJ

Clipping found in Courier-Post published in Camden, New Jersey on 3/6/1982. Kenneth Arthur Schweighart 1982 NJ

www.newspapers.com

New Lisbon State School

Clipping found in Courier-Post published in Camden, New Jersey on 3/29/1983. New Lisbon State School

www.newspapers.com

I happened to find some interesting articles about him and a twin brother. The first article is incorrect in one’s age and the other’s middle initial. They’re twins, here is the 1950 census.

Article clipped from The Herald-News

Clipping found in The Herald-News published in Passaic, New Jersey on 9/12/1955.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Herald-News

Clipping found in The Herald-News published in Passaic, New Jersey on 1/14/1961.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Herald-News

Clipping found in The Herald-News published in Passaic, New Jersey on 3/30/1961.

www.newspapers.com

 

Last edited: Jan 7, 2024

MadMcGoo

Moderator

Staff member

Moderator

Joined

Nov 1, 2018

Messages

10,429

Reaction score

35,516

• Sep 18, 2022

• #7

At 20 years old the brothers were sentenced to an indeterminate amount of time at New Jersey State Hospital at Lisbon. When I Google that it takes me to this, the State School he disappeared from. He had only been there 4 years prior to disappearing so it was some 22 years after the 1955 incident. Could he have been there the latest time for something criminal?

 

MadMcGoo

Moderator

Staff member

Moderator

Joined

Nov 1, 2018

Messages

10,429

Reaction score

35,516

• Sep 18, 2022

• #8

While browsing Ancestry records I noticed some variations in spelling of his surname. (There are A LOT in NJ) So I used that to search and yielded a few more results. Inconsequential I’m sure but interesting nonetheless. His twin brother lived until 2019.

Article clipped from The Morning Call

Clipping found in The Morning Call published in Paterson, New Jersey on 4/15/1961.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Herald-News

Clipping found in The Herald-News published in Passaic, New Jersey on 10/7/1967.

www.newspapers.com

 

Last edited: Jan 7, 2024

Pennysmom2

Well-Known Member

Joined

Nov 14, 2023

Messages

1,273

Reaction score

1,008

• Jan 7, 2024

• #9

4186DMNJ - Kenneth Arthur Schweighart

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

Kenneth Arthur Schweighart - New Jersey Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Kenneth Arthur Schweighart, Missing since March 1982

www.missingin.org