Anthony Tumolo

Anthony Peter Tumolo, property 14, vanished from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania connected October 15, 1966.

Anthony was 1 of 9 siblings surviving successful a ceramic duplex connected Princeton Ave and Torresdale successful the Tacony vicinity of Philadelphia successful 1966. On the greeting of October 15, helium and person Jack Marino headed retired to implicit their insubstantial way and cod dues, stopping on the mode to bask a twelve doughnuts. They past headed implicit to Lady of Consolation school, wherever they were eighth graders, and hung retired with friends until astir 3:00pm. The 2 each went to their ain homes for dinner, but made plans to conscionable up again later.

Anthony’s household would aboriginal study that helium ate successful a hurry, intelligibly anxious to resume his time with Jack. About 10 minutes aft Anthony near the house, Jack showed up looking for him, and was amazed to larn that helium had conscionable left, arsenic helium hadn’t passed Anthony on the way. He searched astir for Anthony astatine their accustomed haunts, specified arsenic the school, and a road operation tract nearby. Once the streetlights came on, Jack went home, assuming Anthony had recovered thing other to do.

Anthony’s parents weren’t initially disquieted erstwhile Anthony didn’t instrumentality home; they assumed helium had decided to walk the nighttime astatine Jack’s. When helium didn’t instrumentality successful the greeting to instrumentality attraction of his insubstantial route, interest began to acceptable in, arsenic it wasn’t similar Anthony to stroke disconnected his job.

His parents called everyone they could deliberation of, but cipher knew wherever Anthony was. They contacted police, but his disappearance wasn’t taken earnestly and intelligibly thought to beryllium a runaway concern and that helium would instrumentality successful a mates days. This mentation was bolstered erstwhile constabulary learned that determination had been an statement betwixt Anthony and his father; his begetter wanted him to discontinue his insubstantial way and absorption much connected school.

As connection astir Anthony’s disappearance dispersed astatine school, 2 students reported that they had seen Anthony and chased him, but weren’t capable to drawback him. Police seemingly believed this sighting astatine the time, and each effort ceased. The full lawsuit record consisted of 1 scale paper with 2 lines of writing. It was aboriginal learned that the 2 students had made up the communicative of seeing Anthony successful an effort to excuse their tardiness to school.

Jack Marino, the person Anthony was expected to conscionable aft dinner, would spell connected to go a Philadelphia constabulary serviceman and often brainstormed with the detectives astir Anthony’s case. Up to conscionable a fewer years ago, helium would inactive effort to retrace Anthony’s steps, and cheque places helium thought Anthony could person gone. Jack recalled that anterior to the 2 each heading location for dinner, Anthony had wanted to motorcycle up to Hillcrest Dairy astatine State and Street Roads that evening to get crystal cream. Jack tried to speech him retired of it, arsenic the roadworthy determination was acheronian and desolate. He has wondered if Jack had decided to marque the trek unsocial and was deed by a car.

Anthony’s begetter died a twelvemonth aft helium vanished, ever believing his lad had fallen unfortunate to an accident. His parent felt definite that helium was inactive live and had developed amnesia, and anticipated his instrumentality until her decease successful 2001. His sister, who present lives successful California but continues to propulsion for answers, believes helium was abducted. Nobody seems to judge helium ran away. He didn’t instrumentality thing with him, including an uncashed paycheck.

Based connected my research, I stock the sentiment that Anthony didn’t tally away, and I don’t deliberation helium had amnesia, but I deliberation either an mishap oregon an abduction are possible. Although I person seen mentions of him leaving location connected his motorcycle connected different blogs, I haven’t seen it mentioned successful immoderate of the articles I’ve found. I’m not 100% definite whether helium was connected ft oregon connected his bike, and I’ve seen nary notation of his motorcycle being missing.

Where are you, Anthony?

Sources:

Philadelphia Daily News

Philadelphia Inquirer