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Paula Marie Braim, a 41-year-old woman from Whitehall, Pennsylvania, was last seen on November 1, 1998. Described as 5'7" to 5'10" in height with brown hair and brown eyes, she also had a surgical scar on her abdomen. Paula was known to wear glasses and contact lenses. Her disappearance remains unsolved, and there has been little public information on the circumstances surrounding the case.

Paula had connections to both Alabama and Louisiana, but there have been no confirmed sightings o ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 01, 1998

Victim Details

Jul 02, 2018

Mar 15, 2022

Paula

Braim

67

41

67 inches

70 inches

140 lbs

145 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the autumn of 1998, a 41-year-old woman named Paula Marie Braim disappeared from her life in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. She was last seen on November 1st of that year. Paula was a woman described as standing between 5'7" and 5'10" tall, weighing around 140 to 145 pounds. She had brown, shoulder-length, frizzy hair and brown eyes. It was known that she wore both glasses and contact lenses. Friends and family knew her not just as Paula Braim, but also by the name Paula Grischott. The circumstances surrounding Paula’s disappearance are not widely known, as there has been very little public information released about her case over the years. What is known is that she had connections to the states of Alabama and Louisiana, though it is not clear what those ties entailed or if they played any role in her vanishing. A distinct physical feature noted by investigators was a surgical scar on her abdomen. Beyond these few details, the narrative of what happened to Paula Braim fades into uncertainty, leaving a void where answers should be. No confirmed sightings of her have ever been reported since the day she went missing. The investigation into Paula Braim's disappearance has remained open, handled by the Whitehall Township Police Department. Despite the passage of decades, her case is not considered cold; it is an active and mysterious puzzle for which law enforcement continues to seek solutions. Her family and the investigators involved are still searching for the answers that might bring closure and explain her sudden absence. The case serves as a somber reminder of a life interrupted, a story without an ending, where a woman vanished from her community, leaving behind only questions and an enduring hope that someone, somewhere, holds the key to her whereabouts.

Nov 01, 1998

Whitehall

Pennsylvania

Lehigh County

No

38727

Whitehall Township Police Department

Whitehall

Pennsylvania

Lehigh County

18052

3731 Lehigh Street, Pennsylvania

6104375524

Local

Law Enforcement

99-00330

2005-01-14

Whitehall Township Police Department

10498

Brown

Brown

Brown

06/08/2026


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