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Unsolved October 18, 1950 Missing Person

Dorothy Forstein

Status Unsolved
Type Missing Person
Date October 18, 1950
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victim Age 34
Gender Female

Dorothy Forstein, wife of Philadelphia magistrate Jules Forstein, disappeared from her home in the middle of the night. Her children slept through the abduction. She had survived a vicious attack in her home years earlier. Despite investigation, she was never found and the case remains one of Philadelphia's most mysterious disappearances.

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