Khatib, Nahida

Missing since: October 1, 1976

From: Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County

Age: 31

DOB: ~1946

Sex Female

Race: White

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Exclusions: 16

Case Owner

Wauwatosa PD

(414) 471-8430

Agency Case Number 76-12685

Details of Disappearance

Nahida Khatib vanished on October 1, 1976, from her home in the 4000 block of Menomonee River Parkway.
She left behind her purse, keys, shoes and clothes. Food, ready to be cooked, sat on the stove and meat was left thawing on the counter top. There was a half-empty cup of coffee. Her 2-year-old niece was unattended in a playpen.
The only items missing were Nahida's furry slippers and bathrobe. After 10 years of marriage, Nahida was in the throes of a nasty divorce from her husband.
From the beginning detectives suspected foul play. Investigators believed that Khatib’s husband was involved in her disappearance. Immediately after police started questioning the husband about the disappearance of Nahida, he retained a defense lawyer and questioning stopped. He was never charged with the crime; there was no evidence, no body or sign of struggle. The husband died in 2001. 

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