Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 04/09/2003
- Missing From:
- Missing From Sarasota, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 07/01/1934 (90)
- Age:
- Age 68 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’3, 125 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Schweickardt is a German citizen. She may use the first name Annalee (sometimes spelled “Annalie”).
- Details of Disappearance:
- In April 2003, a German tourist named Schweickardt vanished from her Sarasota, Florida home. She’d been living there since 1994 and regularly traveled to Germany and Canada to maintain her visa. A few weeks before she disappeared, she rented a room to John Alan Mellquist, but was evicting him.
When Schweickardt didn’t show up for a meeting with a new tenant, the new tenant called the police. Mellquist told police Schweickardt had a family emergency and gone to Germany. This was suspicious because she’d left her passport and purse behind – essential for international travel.
Police later found Mellquist sleeping in Schweickardt’s car and discovered he’d used her credit cards and forged her checks. A search of her home revealed a lot of blood, drag marks, and a bloodstained mop with Mellquist’s fingerprints.
Because Schweickardt had no close family in the US, it took years to get enough of her DNA from her belongings to confirm the blood was hers. Eventually, Mellquist was arrested, convicted of her murder, and sentenced to life in prison. The evidence strongly suggests Schweickardt was murdered by Mellquist.
- Agency:
- Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office 941-366-8477
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This person was missing Missing Since 04/09/2003