Missing
Siegfried Woelki
Woelki, approximately 1982
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/04/1982
Missing location (approx) :
Hackettstown, New Jersey
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/04/1951 (70)
Age at the time of disappearance: 31 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 190 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Woelki's nickname is Sig.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Woelki was last seen at a Krauser's food store in his hometown of Hackettstown, New Jersey, at approximately 5:30 p.m. on October 4, 1982. He spoke with a friend who was an employee at the store and said he had had "some business to attend to" and would return to his apartment in a few hours.
Between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m., Woelki spoke to his father via telephone. He said he was calling from the North Jersey Packing House, where he worked part-time. The packing house is located on Bartley Road in Long Valley, New Jersey.
Woelki asked his father to meet him there at 6:00 p.m. the next day and help him wrap meat. His father agreed to see him. He says his son was behaving normally during the conversation.
At 5:15 p.m. the next day, the packing house owner arrived there to do some paperwork and noticed Woelki's car parked in the lot. It was unlocked and the driver's side window was rolled down partway. The glove compartment, where Woelki kept his work keys, was left open. The packing house keys and Woelki's car keys were missing and have never been found, and the packing house was locked and the burglar alarm set when the owner checked it.
Woelki never met his father as planned and has never been heard from again. The police were alerted at 8:00 p.m. on October 5 and searched Woelki's car and the packing house grounds, but found no evidence as to his whereabouts and no signs of any struggle.
The North Jersey Packing House was demolished after 1982 to make room for Palmer Park. As it was being torn down construction workers kept a close watch for any human remains, but found nothing. Woelki's case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Washington Township Police Department
908-876-3232
Morris County Prosecutor's Office
973-285-6200
September 2021 updates and sources
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New York Missing Persons
October 12, 2004. August 14, 2007; picture added.
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