Trabert, Leo Paul

Missing Since: April 9,1992

Missing From: Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County

Age: 77 years old

DOB: 2 JAN 1915

Sex: Male

Race: White

Height and Weight 5'11, 210 pounds

Clothing: A plaid flannel shirt, a navy blue jacket, dark-colored pants and a blue captain's hat.

Hair: Grey, full white beard

Eyes: brown, wears glasses

Parents: George & Caroline Pfieffer Trabert

Exclusions: 2

Details of Disappearance

Trabert was last seen in Wauwatosa on April 9, 1992. He lived on Swan Boulevard. His wife was visiting friends that morning, and when she came home, she found a goodbye note from her husband; he wrote, "I think the best birthday present I can give you is to disappear." He left all his medications behind at home, as well as his eyeglasses.

A bus driver recalled picking up a man matching Trabert's description near his home that morning, but didn't remember when the passenger got off. Trabert's family doesn't think he would have ridden on a bus or train for very long, because his back and leg problems made it uncomfortable to sit for an extended time period. An extensive search of the area turned up no indication of his whereabouts.

Trabert is a World War II veteran who injured his back while serving in the Army. He was declared legally dead in 1999, and his wife died about a year later. His case remains unsolved.