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The Strange Disappearance of Thomas Nuzzi

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When a fifty-two-year-old traveling nurse disappeared in Anchorage in 2001, the authorities showed little interest, and the Anchorage Police Department said they did not have available detectives to investigate the case. If the authorities had taken his disappearance more seriously, perhaps we would know the answer to the question: What happened to Thomas Nuzzi?

Sources

“Missing Person Thomas Anthony Nuzzi.” nd. Alaska State Troopers Department of Public Safety.

“Nuzzi, Thomas June 2021.” August 21, 2006. Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified.

Pesznecker, Katie. “Into thin air.” July 6, 2001. Anchorage Daily News.

Pesznecker, Katie. “Missing Bethel nurse walked into a mini-mart, then out of sight.” August 21, 2006. Anchorage Daily News.

Pesznecker, Katie. “Mystery woman appears on video. July 31, 2001. Anchorage Daily News.

Pesznecker, Katie. “Search for missing man escalates.” June 27, 2001. Anchorage Daily News.

Pesznecker, Katie. “Troopers suspend search for man missing in Chugach.” June 28, 2001. Anchorage Daily News.

“Thomas Anthony Nuzzi.” nd. The Charley Project.

Warder, Robin. “Episode 380: Thomas Nuzzi.” May 22, 2024. The Trail Went Cold.

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Who Took the Fandel Children?

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Most parents can imagine no nightmare worse than the disappearance of a child, but how can a parent possibly cope when both of their children vanish, swallowed by the Alaska wilderness?

Some time during the late-night hours of September 5 or the early morning hours of September 6, 1978, Scott Fandel, 13, and Amy Fandel, 8, disappeared from their Sterling, Alaska home on the Kenai Peninsula, 136 miles (218.9 km) south of Anchorage. The mystery of what happened to the Fandel children has baffled Alaska State Troopers for over four decades. How can two kids vanish from their home without a trace?

At 10:30 pm on Sept. 5, 1978, Scott and Amy Fandel seemed safe and happy. Less than four hours later, they were gone, never to be seen again. Where did they go? What could have happened to them? Investigators spent thousands of hours running down hundreds of leads which led nowhere. One former Alaska State Trooper said they chased “quirks and spider web leads,” but they never got any closer to finding the children.

Scott Fandel would be 54 years old, and Amy would be 49 if they are still alive today. These are their age-progression photos from The Charley Project.

If you know anything about the disappearance of Scott and Amy Fandel, please contact the Alaska State Troopers.

                                                          Scott Curtis Fandel

Scott, circa 1978
Age-progression to age 48 (circa 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Lee Fandel

Amy, circa 1978
Amy, Age-progression to 46 (circa, 2016)

 

 

 

 

 

Sources

STILL MISSING by SHEILA TOOMEY. Anchorage Daily News.
September 4, 1988

The Theories of the Fandel Children’s Disappearance
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/theories-fandel-children-s-disappearance-n385361

The Disappearance of Amy and Scott Fandel
https://truecrimediscussions.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-disappearance-of-amy-and-scott.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR10JwJblisTkaho3c_uhmWqNX0FZZRoOf31fCQtAyekfaEIgP_8-hxdrxY

Scott and Amy Fandel Missing. Facebook Page. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/scottandamyfandelmissing/photos/

Amy Lee Fandel. The Charley Project. Available at: http://charleyproject.org/case/amy-lee-fandel

Scott Curtis Fandel. The Charley Project. Available at: http://charleyproject.org/case/scott-curtis-fandel

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