Above Images: Heitger, circa 1994
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: May 19, 1994 from Morris Plains, New Jersey Classification: Endangered Missing Date of Birth: May 19, 1957 Age: 37 years old Height and Weight: 5'5 - 5'7, 140 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Heitger has a tattoo on the top of her forearm. A photo of the tattoo is posted below this case summary. Some of the toes on her right foot have been amputated. Medical Conditions: Heitger suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. She also has a history of abusing alcohol, cocaine and marijuana.
Details of Disappearance
Heitger was last seen in Morris Plains, New Jersey on May 19, 1994, her thirty-seventh birthday. She was a patient at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital at the time; she been ordered there by a court after she stabbed someone. She left the hospital on the day of her disappearance and has never been heard from again.Heitger had run away from the facility before, but she had always reappeared within a short time. She would either go to her parents' home or call them ask her to pick her up. Her parents had planned to visit the hospital on the day of her disappearance to celebrate her birthday. Little evidence is available as to her fate; her case remains unsolved.
Above: Heitger's tattoo
Investigating Agency
Source Information
Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004.
Last updated February 23, 2010; casefile added.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
New Jersey Department of Human Services Police
609-633-1935
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