Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 06/17/1985
- Missing From:
- Missing From McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 49 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’10 – 6’2, 180 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A ten- and twenty-four-inch gold rope necklace and a wedding ring with the name “JOEY” inscribed in fifteen diamonds on the band.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. Bertone has scars on his abdomen, chest, eye and upper lip. He has a tattoo on his right forearm.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On June 17, 1985, Frank Bertone disappeared. He was last seen in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
Bertone owned a restaurant with a troubled past – it was bombed twice and initially denied a liquor license because of his criminal record and suspected mob ties. He was also involved in the drug trade, and on the night he vanished, he was supposed to go to Florida for a cocaine deal.
He left his house around 9:30 pm, calling his wife at 10:00 pm to say he was at a truck garage in nearby Duquesne. He asked his business partner, Joey Rosa, to meet him there with $1000.
Rosa arrived and saw Bertone’s Cadillac leaving, driven by a different man. He tried to follow, but lost the car. That was the last time anyone saw Bertone.
His Cadillac was found abandoned ten days later. Police think Bertone was likely killed because of his criminal activities, but his body has never been found, and no one has ever been arrested for his disappearance.
- Agency:
- McKeesport Police Department (412) 675-5016
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This person was missing Missing Since 06/17/1985