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Alice Pereira, 5, Missing since July 7, 1972 from Staten Island, NY

Alice Pereira
Missing since July 7, 1972 from Staten Island, New York
Classification: Non-Family AbductionVital Statistics

Date Of Birth: 1967
Age at Time of Disappearance: 5 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Black hair; hazel eyes.
Clothing: Blue shorts with gold buttons; a red polo shirt; and red sneakers.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Pereira was last seen at her family's Staten Island home on July 7, 1972.

She was playing in the lobby of her apartment building on Tysens' Lane after her brother left her alone for a moment; when he returned, Pereira had vanished. She has never been seen again.

Later a witness said she was seen walking with Andre Rand, the janitor of her building.


Investigators

If you have any information regarding Pereia's disappearance, please contact:

New York City Police Department
1-212-694-7781


Source Information:

New York City Police Department
New York Post On-Line
The Doe Network: Case File 134DFNY

LINK:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/134dfny.html
 
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/pereia_alice.html[/url]

Thank you for starting this thread Richard, I was surprised to see Alice did not have a discussion thread here already.

I note that there is a discrepancy in the spelling of Alice's last name. Don't know which is correct.

I posted a very detailed chronology on that janitor, Andre Rand, in the Missing Lyon Sisters' topic under the Potential Suspects and Persons of Interest thread:

Potential Suspects and Persons of Interest - Page 6 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community


I also posted a new thread in the 1980's Missing area about Holly Ann Hughes, age 7, another of Rand's victims:

NY Holly Ann Hughes, 7, Missing since 15 July 1981 from Staten Island, NY - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
 
Happy ending in Ohio gives loved ones of missing Staten Islanders reason to believe

[snip]

According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services the number of children (under the age of 18) reported missing in New York City and New York State in 2012 were 8,101 and 21,656 respectively.

[snip]

Alice Pereira, 5, vanished July 7, 1972. Her mother, who died in the early 1990s had never given up hope that she might one day see her daughter again.

More: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/happy_ending_in_ohio_gives_lov.html
 
Bumping case up. It has been 6 years since I first posted it. Alice has been missing for over 45 years now.
 
Alice Pereira, 5, Missing since July 7, 1972 from Staten Island, NY

Alice Pereira
Missing since July 7, 1972 from Staten Island, New York
Classification: Non-Family AbductionVital Statistics

Date Of Birth: 1967
Age at Time of Disappearance: 5 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Black hair; hazel eyes.
Clothing: Blue shorts with gold buttons; a red polo shirt; and red sneakers.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Pereira was last seen at her family's Staten Island home on July 7, 1972.

She was playing in the lobby of her apartment building on Tysens' Lane after her brother left her alone for a moment; when he returned, Pereira had vanished. She has never been seen again.

Later a witness said she was seen walking with Andre Rand, the janitor of her building.


Investigators

If you have any information regarding Pereia's disappearance, please contact:

New York City Police Department
1-212-694-7781


Source Information:

New York City Police Department
New York Post On-Line
The Doe Network: Case File 134DFNY

LINK:

The Doe Network: Case File 134DFNY

This case is very Similar to Nicole Morin's in Etobicoke, Canada 1985. Maybe it's just a coincidence but wonder who this Janitor is and where he was in 1985?
 
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Alice Pereira
Missing since July 7, 1972 from Staten Island, New York
Classification: Non-Family Abduction

Vital Statistics
    • Date Of Birth: 1967
    • Age at Time of Disappearance: 5 years old
    • Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Black hair; hazel eyes.
    • Clothing: Blue shorts with gold buttons; a red polo shirt; and red sneakers.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Pereira was last seen at her family's Staten Island home on July 7, 1972.

She was playing in the lobby of her apartment building on Tysens' Lane after her brother left her alone for a moment; when he returned, Pereira had vanished. She has never been seen again.

Later a witness said she was seen walking with Andre Rand, the janitor of her building.

Investigators
If you have any information regarding Pereia's disappearance, please contact:
New York City Police Department
1-212-694-7781


Source Information:
New York City Police Department
New York Post On-Line
The Doe Network: Case File 134DFNY
 
Alice Pereira

alice_pereia_1.jpg

Alice, circa 1972
  • Missing Since 07/07/1972
  • Missing From Staten Island, New York
  • Classification Non-Family Abduction
  • Sex Female
  • Race White
  • Date of Birth 10/01/1966 (54)
  • Age 5 years old
  • Height and Weight 4'2, 35 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue shorts with gold buttons, a red polo shirt and red sneakers.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Black hair, hazel eyes. Some agencies give Alice's last name as "Pereia."
Details of Disappearance

Alice was last seen near her family's residence at Tysens Lane Apartments in the 600 block of Tysens Lane in the New York City borough of Staten Island on July 7, 1972. Alice was playing in the lobby of the building with her brother. She vanished at approximately 3:30 p.m., after her brother left her alone for a brief moment.

Alice may have been sighted shortly thereafter in a park near the apartment building in the New Dorp area of the Island. She has never been heard from again. Her mother reported her missing at 6:15 p.m.

Her parents were separated at the time of her disappearance. She lived with her mother, and her father lived in Manhattan. Authorities at first believed the child's father had taken her, but he was later cleared as a suspect.

Andre Rand, a mentally incompetent convicted child sex offender, is a prime suspect in Alice's case. Photos of him Rand are posted with this case summary. He worked as a painter in Tysens Lane Apartments at the time of Alice's disappearance.

Rand, whose birth name is Frank Rashan, is also believed to be connected to the 1978 disappearance of Ethel Atwell, the 1983 disappearance of Tiahease Jackson, and the 1984 disappearance of Henry Gafforio among other missing persons' cases.

There is speculation he may have been involved in the 1977 New York disappearance of Audrey Nerenberg as well. In 2004, he was convicted of kidnapping in the 1981 abduction of Holly Hughes. All of the victims vanished from the Staten Island area, with the exception of Nerenberg.

Rand was previously convicted of the 1987 New York abduction of Jennifer Schweiger, a twelve-year-old girl with Down Syndrome whose remains were discovered near his former campsite on the grounds of the now-defunct Staten Island Developmental Center (formerly known as the Willowbrook State School).

Volunteers continue to search the abandoned property twice a year for evidence related to Rand's other alleged victims, but nothing has been discovered. The Staten Island Developmental Center was several miles southeast of Alice's apartment building.

Rand has maintained his innocence in all charges against him. Alice's case remains unsolved.

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Andre Rand, circa 1987; Rand in 2004

Investigating Agency
  • New York Police Department 646-610-6914
Source Information
 
Poor baby, apparently it was the guy that Andre Rand and if so I think we will never know what happened to him... surely in his sick and incompetent mind he destroyed it and it must be buried somewhere that the guy doesn't want to confess...
rest in peace little one
 

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