Georgia Jean Weckler, Wisconsin 1947 abduction

[packy]

This case has never been solved, although there were a variety of tips, confessions, searches etc. She was dropped off at home in rural Ft. Atkinson, and seen taking mail from the box and walking up the drive. They found no trace of her or the mail.

A respected man in the community has been haunted for years by something he saw and has constantly reported and talked about over many years. He saw two men who were working on a construction site for a florist bury something that he believes was a body right after Georgia was taken. Apparently they can not find enough cause to dig up the foundation in order to confirm his story.

A website dedicated to Georgia has a wealth of information about her case. Loads of news articles, details, pictures, names of confessors and stories, information about expected mail that day, descriptions, letters from relatives etc., and contact information. It's a great site that covers the case thoroughly. Who knows, someone may have a clue.

http://home.comcast.net/~georgiajean/

[Nut44x4]

Georgia Jean Weckler
Missing since May 1, 1947 from Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Classification: Non-Family Abduction

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: 1939-1940
Age at Time of Disappearance: 8 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'3"; 70 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Blonde shoulder length straight hair; brown eyes.
Clothing: Pink button sweater over a blue T-shirt, blue jeans, blue flowered skirt, rubbers and a brown flowered head scarf.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Weckler was last seen at approximately 3:30 p.m. near her farm home in rural Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin on May 1, 1947. A neighbor gave her a ride part of the way home from school, dropping her off at the entrance to the half-mile-long driveway leading up to her home. Weckler told the neighbor that she would go into the woods and pick some flowers for a May Day basket before going home.

Georgia, a first-year 4*H club member, reportedly "knew" the wood area and the possibility of her getting lost is, believed to be slim.

The neighbor saw Weckler collect some letters from her family's mailbox and start walking up the driveway, but she never arrived at her house. She has never been heard from again and the mail she was carrying at the time of her disappearance has never been found.

Witnesses reported seeing a dark-colored 1936 Ford sedan in the vicinity that afternoon. The car vanished at the same time Weckler did, and tire tracks were found on the road. It was being driven by a blond man, 20 to 25 years old. This man is the prime suspect in Weckler's presumed abduction. He has never been identified, though many individuals were questioned over the years.

At first, investigators believed Weckler had been kidnapped for ransom, as her father was a man of means. Days passed and no ransom demands were made, however. Authorities now believe Weckler was taken by a sexual predator.

Buford Sennett, a convicted murderer who had just started serving a life sentence in prison, confessed to Weckler's murder in the fall of 1947. He claimed that he and a companion he refused to name had kidnapped her for ransom purposes and given her some sleeping pills and she had accidentally overdosed and died. Sennett said he had tossed Weckler's remains into the Blue River near the town of Blue River, Wisconsin. A search of the river turned up no sign of Weckler, however. Sennett was never charged in connection with her case and police are not certain whether he was involved.

Source Information:
The Crime Library
The Charley Project
John Weckler's Website
The Doe Network: Case File 1727DFWI
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1727dfwi.html

[Nut44x4]

photos of this child in days long ago.....

[nicky]

photos of this child in days long ago.....

Feaster and Menezl, Nutt if you find anything on these 2 or the black car let me know please. You are an expert at finding articles. Also I can't find the name of the psychic, I may just be overlooking it, do you know what it was?
Thanks!
Nicky

[nicky]

I wonder if there is anything in the FBI files on this and if they would be online in the records that were released to the public.

I have a problem with most of the stories from the 3rd day on, mainly because of hysteria and panic, then with people wanting other things, for example te convict. That could have been attemp to get a ligher sentence or to make himself appear "bigger" than he really was for special treatment or something.

I tried the FBI Freedom Of Information Act files online and found nothing. But I did a search on Kidnapping and Weckler and diff variations of her name. I'll try to remember to check tomorrow on just kidnapping. My eyes are hurting right now.