Missing Children

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Mar. 26 - 27th, 1981

William Jamison worked a full day at the former Haug Die Casting in Kenilworth, NJ on Thursday, Mar. 26^th, 1981 where he was the Vice President of Production and had been employed since the late 1970s. Bill left work and went to the former DeStefano’s restaurant also in Kenilworth arriving at about 06:00 PM. Bill left there and went to the former Chez Lounge in the Linden Lanes Bowling Alley in Linden, NJ to meet friends for drinks at approximately 10:00 PM. Thereafter, Bill went to the former St. George Diner also in Linden for an early morning breakfast arriving at approximately 01:00 AM on Friday, Mar. 27^th, 1981 and leaving by 01:30 AM.

This is the last time we know of that anyone saw or communicated with Bill.

We have been unable to confirm whether or not Bill returned to the apartment (29C) he shared with our brother, Jerry, at the Colfax Manor Apartments in Roselle Park, NJ the night of Mar. 26^th, 1981 or in the early morning of Mar. 27^th, 1981.

One wonders if Bill had any inkling that Thursday, Mar. 26^th, 1981 would be his last day at work at Haug. All indications and investigations indicate he did not.

Bill had made a commitment to allow a coworker to use Bill’s company car at approximately 08:00 AM on Friday, Mar. 27^th, 1981. Bill never showed up at Haug. A coworker went to his apartment and knocked on the door with no response; additionally he checked the parking lot for Bill’s car and did not find it. Workers at Haug immediately notified our sister, Katie that Bill had not showed for work.

Katie immediately called the New Jersey State Police reported Bill missing and asked them to check to see if Bill or the car were at a home (where our mother lived) that Bill owned in Strathmere, NJ. The State Police did so and notified our sister that no one was there, nor was the car.

Katie also called the Roselle Park, NJ, Police Department and reported Bill missing. Moreover, she made numerous calls to hospitals in NJ to ascertain whether or not Bill was or had been there for any reason; all results were negative. She then contacted our brother, Jack, and let him know that Bill was missing.

Earlier in the week Bill had talked with Katie and made arrangements to visit her and her family at their home in Pennsylvania the night of Mar. 27^th, 1981. He never showed up. Additionally, Bill had talked with Jack and made arrangements to visit him and his family in New York State on Sat., Mar. 28^th, 1981. Bill did not show up. Jack and Katie then agreed to go to Roselle Park, NJ on Sun., Mar. 29^th, 1981.

March 24, 1981 - Tuesday

Marianne, I, our three children at the time (Will, Carolyn and Chris - Pat was not yet on the sonar screen), our mother and our brother, Jerry, had traveled to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands the previous week and were enjoying a wonderful vacation.

I had not yet reached the old age of 40, Marianne was not yet 30, Will would celebrate his birthday in the Virgin Islands, Carolyn was 3, Chris was 4 months, Mom was 66 and Jerry was 24 and thinking about asking a girl named Cindy to marry him.

That night – Tuesday, March 24^th, 1981 - Bill called from New Jersey, and spoke with each of us.

That was the last time we heard his voice.

We would appreciate your help in the search for our brother. Thank you

1981-2011

This year, this month, and this week our family will mark the 30th anniversary of our brother, Bill's, disappearance on Mar. 26-27th, 1981. It is not one of the happy anniversaries - it is sad and frustrating, fills some of us with a sense of guilt or failure or both and many other emotions and feelings; there is a consistent longing to know where Bill is - is he dead or alive? There is a constant gnawing at your heart as to where your loved one has gone; the uncertainty, the unknowing, the ambiguity, the loss of love, the loss of a brother is with you through the busy days and in the quiet solitude of night.

With death there is finality; there is certainty; there is a funeral, a grave site to visit or other ways to commemorate the loss of those you love and you come to terms eventually. For the families of those MISSING IN AMERICA and elsewhere in this world there is only uncertainty; each member of our family has dealt with this disappearance in their own way and carried on. It is not easy. Our remembrances of our brother are based on 30 year old recollections - on 30 year old photos - he would now be in his sixties, a different person; one we no longer know - we have no grave to visit, no place to send flowers.

Mar. 26-27th, 1981 was for our family the day a lot of love and happiness disappeared from our lives.

We need HELP to find our brother - thank you for taking the time to visit this blog and allowing us to share him with you

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I want to share the story of three decades spent searching for our brother, Bill. It is a cliché to compare this experience to the layers of an onion, but that is how events have happened; the layers unfolding one at a time. On our journey, we've made difficult discoveries about the process of searching for a missing loved one and the fate of our country’s unknown dead. Mass graves, unidentified bodies, war veterans interred  in a pauper grave, unclaimed and anonymous remains shelved in the offices of a  funeral director or a medical examiner….these situations are now familiar to us. The MISSING IN AMERICA are not just children whose faces and stories appear on milk cartons, in newspapers, and on television and tug at our hearts. Every year thousands of adults, including many veterans, also disappear. It is only rarely that these stories are told.

Help us find our brother.