Debra Fardella Missing Person Case

Feb 21, 2019

Oct 05, 2023

Debra

Fardella

65

22

64 inches

105 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

On a summer afternoon in Brooklyn, New York, 22-year-old Debra Fardella, who was also known as Debbie, disappeared. It was June 23, 1983, when she was last seen at approximately 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Mermaid Avenue and West 23rd Street. At the time she went missing, Debra was described as a white female with brown hair and brown eyes, standing at 5'4" and weighing around 105 pounds. A notable physical characteristic was the presence of scars on both of her legs. That day, Debra reportedly left her home with plans to meet a friend at a bar in the area, but she never made it to her destination. From that moment on, she has not been seen or heard from again, leaving behind a void of information and unanswered questions. The circumstances surrounding Debra's disappearance are shrouded in mystery due to a significant lack of information and leads. Immediately following her failure to return home or make contact, she was reported missing. However, the investigation into her whereabouts struggled from the very beginning. There were no known witnesses to what happened to her after she was last seen on that Brooklyn street corner. The New York City Police Department took on the case, but the trail went cold almost immediately. Decades have passed, and despite her case being documented in public databases like the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), no substantial new information has emerged to shed light on her fate. The case of Debra Fardella remains an unsolved and lingering enigma. The complete absence of evidence or significant leads has left her family, friends, and investigators with very little to go on. Community-level efforts to keep her memory alive have surfaced over the years, with online groups occasionally sharing her story in the hope that someone might come forward with information. The official investigation, however, has been characterized by a frustrating stillness, a portrait of a young woman who vanished with barely a trace. This lack of information is the most challenging aspect of her case, creating a narrative defined by questions rather than answers and leaving a family to wonder what happened to Debra on that June day in 1983.

Jun 23, 1983

Brooklyn

New York

Kings County

11224

No

47339

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

New York

New York

New York County

10039

2770 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York

2126947781

Local

Law Enforcement

KNMP08733

New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad

9827

Brown

Brown

Brown

08/29/2026