Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 09/01/1986
- Missing From:
- Missing From Davie, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 01/21/1947 (77)
- Age:
- Age 39 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 6’4, 200 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description An Arrow polo shirt, blue jeans, brown work boots, and a wedding ring with four diamonds.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Gratteau wears wire-rimmed eyeglasses. He has a tattoo on his right arm of a heart pierced with an arrow and the his wife’s name, Rejane.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On September 1, 1986, Howard Gratteau, an air conditioning repairman, left his Davie, Florida apartment around 7:30 a.m. for a job. He was supposed to be back an hour later to go sailing with his wife. He never showed up for work and never came home.
His white 1985 Toyota pickup truck (license plate: HOWARD2), with a white camper top and B&H Air Conditioning logos, is also missing. His bank accounts haven’t been touched since he disappeared.
His wife said he seemed fine when he left, except he unusually forgot his watch. She thinks he might have had a medical emergency (insulin shock) and a car accident.
The police have never found him, and the case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Davie Police Department 954-693-8200
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This person was missing Missing Since 09/01/1986