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Missing Yeda Sharon Rosenthal 
Rosenthal, approximately 1991 Date reported missing : 02/22/1991 Missing location (approx) : Cherry Hill, New Jersey Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 11/04/1958 (62) Age at the time of disappearance: 32 years old Height / Weight : 5'8 - 5'10, 150 - 160 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Rosenthal's nickname is Dede. She is a Canadian national. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Rosenthal was last seen on Friday, February 22, 1991, when she left her job at the Elwyn Institute, a care facility for disabled individuals in Media, Pennsylvania. She worked as a behavioral manAge at the time of disappearance: ment specialist at the facility; she had moved to New Jersey from Canada to take the job. She is known to have arrived at her apartment at Somerset Towers on Cooper Landing Road in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Her white Honda Prelude was found in the complex parking lot and the front door of her apartment was found unlocked, and the Sunday newspaper was untouched. There were no indications of a disturbance inside. She has never been heard from again. Authorities initially suspected Rosenthal had left of her own accord; she was having financial problems, had borrowed extensively from relatives, and was about to be evicted. However, her purse, keys, credit cards, identification, and work briefcase were all left behind, and she left her cat alone on her apartment balcony in the winter cold, which is uncharacteristic of her. Her family never thought she left on her own. A neighbor reported hearing a scream and bumping noises coming from Rosenthal's apartment at 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, February 24. Five hours later, the neighbor heard Rosenthal's sliding glass door open and shut. Police began to look into the theory that she had been abducted and murdered. Charles E. "Crazy Eddie" Reddish Jr. was a maintenance worker at her apartment complex in 1991. A photo of Reddish is posted with this case summary. In 1995, he had been charged with the ax murder of his girlfriend and the rape of her teenAge at the time of disappearance: daughter. (He was convicted in 1999.) When he was arrested for that crime, he told police he had killed Rosenthal. According to Reddish, he broke into her apartment while she was asleep, planning to simply burglarize it, but Rosenthal woke up and saw him. He beat her and smothered her to death with a pillow so she could not identify her, then stole $80 from her purse and left the residence, leaving the body behind. A few days later he returned, wrapped her body in a bedspread, put it in a shopping cart and transported it to the trunk of his girlfriend's car. He dumped Rosenthal's corpse in a remote area off Route 130 in Salem County. In 1997, Reddish was charged with Rosenthal's murder. He reached a plea agreement with the prosecution and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The deal, however, was contingent on Reddish leading the police to Rosenthal's remains. When he refused to accompany authorities to the designated spot to assist them with the search, he was re-charged with capital murder, and the case went to trial in 2001. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2002, but his sentence was commuted to sixty years in prison after the state of New Jersey abolished the death penalty. He remains incarcerated. Foul play is suspected in Rosenthal's case due to the circumstances involved; her body has never been found. Other information and links : ncy Cherry Hill Police Department 856-432-8819 September 2021 updates and sources A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. Unsolved Mysteries Wiki The Philadelphia Inquirer Central New Jersey Home News The Courier-Post |