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Name: Wallace M. Lembke
Missing Since: December 13, 1982
Location Last Seen: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County

Date of Birth: May 17, 1920
Age: 62 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Left leg shorter than right; shoe lift used on left shoe

Clothing: Possibly blue cotton work pants or blue jeans; possibly a western style button-down shirt

Details of Disappearance

Wallace Lembke, formerly of Delafield, was last seen at a tavern on Wells Street in Milwaukee a few days before he was reported missing on Dec. 16, 1982. A night janitor at Templeton Middle School in Sussex, Lembke had phoned in sick on December 14 and did not report for work December 15. Family members reported him missing the next day.

Police initially speculated that Wallace, who lived alone with his two dogs, left on an unannounced vacation. But when traces of his blood and bloodied eyeglasses were found in the trunk of his abandoned car in the parking lot of a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in Wauwatosa two weeks later, their attention turned to foul play. This case has not yet made it to NaMus. I have followed up to find out why. 

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Delafield PD

 262-646-6240 ext. 4580

Agency Case Number: D11-03875