Mitchel Fred Weiser and Bonita Mara Bickwit: Missing since 27 July 1973 NY
Mitchel Fred Weiser
Missing since July 27, 1973 from Narrowsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: November 23, 1956
Age at Time of Disappearance: 16 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7" (170 cm); 140 lbs (64 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: He has a scar on his lower lip. He wears eyeglasses.
Dentals: His front teeth were discolored at the time of his disappearance.
AKA: Mitch
Bonita Mara Bickwit
Missing since July 27, 1973 from Narrowsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: January 28, 1958
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11" (150 cm); 95 lbs (43 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Not available.
AKA: Bonnie.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On July 27, 1973 Mitchel Fred Weiser, and his girlfriend, Bonita Bickwit planned to hitchhik to Watkins Glen, NY for an Allman Brothers-Grateful Dead concert.
Weiser met Bickwit at Camp Wel-Met in upstate Narrowsburg, where she worked as a mother's helper. They set off for the concert, which was 75 miles from their location; neither has been seen since.
It's believed that Weiser and Bickwit had approximately $25.00 between them.
They carried backpacks and sleeping bags. Authorities initially believed that the couple simply ran off together. Bickwit and Weiser had secretly exchanged wedding rings earlier in the summer of 1973.
Both attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn. Bickwit lived in Borough Park with her family, Weiser lived in Midwood.
In 2000 a witness claimed that he watched Bonnie and Mitchel both drown on their way back from Watkins Glen. The witness was on his way home from the festival and hitched a ride in a volkswagen bus. There was a young couple in the back of the bus who he claims were Bonnie and Mitchel. It was a hot day and there was a river nearby. They stopped, to cool off in the water. As the witness was taking off his shoes, he heard a shout. He turned to see that the girl was in the river. The boy, her companion, leaped in to save her. They both were swept away, down the rapids, still alive.
After the incident the witness and the driver drove away from the scene. The driver said he would make an anonymous call to the police from a gas station. Police have no record that a call was made.
The witness account has yet to be verified.
Anyone with information on this case should contact:
Sullivan County Sheriff's Department 845-794-7100
NCIC Number: M-761802363
Source Information:
The Doe Network: Case File 2DMNY
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
The New York Post
The New York Daily News
Discover Magazine
The Jewish Week
The Times Herald-Record
Links:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2dmny.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3dfny.html
Mitchel Fred Weiser
Missing since July 27, 1973 from Narrowsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: November 23, 1956
Age at Time of Disappearance: 16 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'7" (170 cm); 140 lbs (64 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown hair; hazel eyes.
Marks, Scars: He has a scar on his lower lip. He wears eyeglasses.
Dentals: His front teeth were discolored at the time of his disappearance.
AKA: Mitch
Bonita Mara Bickwit
Missing since July 27, 1973 from Narrowsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: January 28, 1958
Age at Time of Disappearance: 15 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11" (150 cm); 95 lbs (43 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Not available.
AKA: Bonnie.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On July 27, 1973 Mitchel Fred Weiser, and his girlfriend, Bonita Bickwit planned to hitchhik to Watkins Glen, NY for an Allman Brothers-Grateful Dead concert.
Weiser met Bickwit at Camp Wel-Met in upstate Narrowsburg, where she worked as a mother's helper. They set off for the concert, which was 75 miles from their location; neither has been seen since.
It's believed that Weiser and Bickwit had approximately $25.00 between them.
They carried backpacks and sleeping bags. Authorities initially believed that the couple simply ran off together. Bickwit and Weiser had secretly exchanged wedding rings earlier in the summer of 1973.
Both attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn. Bickwit lived in Borough Park with her family, Weiser lived in Midwood.
In 2000 a witness claimed that he watched Bonnie and Mitchel both drown on their way back from Watkins Glen. The witness was on his way home from the festival and hitched a ride in a volkswagen bus. There was a young couple in the back of the bus who he claims were Bonnie and Mitchel. It was a hot day and there was a river nearby. They stopped, to cool off in the water. As the witness was taking off his shoes, he heard a shout. He turned to see that the girl was in the river. The boy, her companion, leaped in to save her. They both were swept away, down the rapids, still alive.
After the incident the witness and the driver drove away from the scene. The driver said he would make an anonymous call to the police from a gas station. Police have no record that a call was made.
The witness account has yet to be verified.
Anyone with information on this case should contact:
Sullivan County Sheriff's Department 845-794-7100
NCIC Number: M-761802363
Source Information:
The Doe Network: Case File 2DMNY
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
The New York Post
The New York Daily News
Discover Magazine
The Jewish Week
The Times Herald-Record
Links:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2dmny.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3dfny.html