Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/09/1965
- Missing From:
- Missing From Honolulu, Hawaii
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 60 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’3, 180 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A muumuu, slippers and an engagement ring.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Gray hair, brown eyes. Pacheco is of Portuguese descent. She wears eyeglasses.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1965, a newly engaged couple, Pacheco and Albert De Mattos, mysteriously vanished. They’d only known each other for three weeks.
On December 9th, after visiting De Mattos’s son, they left for a quick trip to the laundromat around 8 or 9 a.m. De Mattos had a lot of cash on him – around $700-$800. Pacheco later called her daughter around 2 p.m., saying they’d be back soon. They never were.
A pot of stew was left cooking in Pacheco’s apartment. Police initially thought they’d eloped, but weeks turned into months with no sign of the couple or De Mattos’s gray-blue 1957 Pontiac (license plate 5A-31514, serial number P 857H33127). A possible sighting at a Sears store a month later is unconfirmed. Their prescriptions weren’t filled, and their bank accounts remained untouched. De Mattos was expecting a significant sum of money.
Pacheco, a responsible woman who always kept in touch with her teenage daughter, left behind her purse and wedding ring. De Mattos left eight adult children, Pacheco four (one a teenager). Pacheco had even delayed her wedding to include her daughter in the honeymoon.
The case is now cold, but the families haven’t given up hope. It remains a mystery whether they left willingly or something else happened.
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- None
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This person was missing Missing Since 12/09/1965