Missing
Helmut Ernst Altmann
Altmann, approximately 1984
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/30/1984
Missing location (approx) :
Beverly Hills, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 02/03/1953 (68)
Age at the time of disappearance: 31 years old
Height / Weight : 6'2, 180 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Altmann has a protruding lower jaw and a receding hairline.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Altmann is an Austrian national. He traveled to Los Angeles, California in October 1984 to invest in real estate. Altmann checked into the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on October 26. He told the hotel officials he planned to check out on October 31. He was due to return to Austria on November 2.
Altmann was last seen in his hotel room on October 30. He is believed to have gone sightseeing in the Big Sur area that day. He was driving a white 1984 Chevrolet Camaro with the California license plates number 1JDK196. The car, which he had rented from Budget Rent-a-Car, has not been recovered.
Altmann's wife reported him as a missing person on November 6, 1984, a week after he was last seen. Hotel workers checked his room at this time and found his passport, clothing, money, and return plane ticket undisturbed. Altmann has never been heard from again. He is believed to be missing under suspicious circumstances.
Other information and links : ncy
Beverly Hills Police Department
310-550-4951
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
City of Beverly Hills
October 12, 2004. November 28, 2004.
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