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  1. MICHAELA JOY GARECHT

    November 19, 1988
    Hayward, California

    REWARD:

    The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the abductor of Michaela Garecht.

    Michaela Joy Garecht was nine-years-old when she was abducted by an unknown male assailant in the parking lot of the Rainbow Market in Hayward, California, on the morning of November 19, 1988. She was attempting to retrieve her friend's scooter that the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle while the girls were inside the market when she was grabbed by the assailant and pulled into a car. Garecht has not been seen or heard from since this date.

    Michaela Garecht was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with the word "Metro" across the front and pictures of people on the midsection. She had on denim pants rolled above her knees, black shoes, and wore three-inch pearl or white colored earrings which resembled feathers.

    Date(s) of Birth Used: January 24, 1979 Hair: Blonde
    Place of Birth: Unknown Eyes: Blue
    Height: 4'8" (at time of disappearance)
    Weight: 75 pounds (at time of disappearance) Sex: Female
    Race: White
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