Walter App is listed in NamUs as a missing person under case MP13701, with his last contact recorded as August 28, 2011, in Rochester, Vermont. The available case information identifies him as a white male, age 4, with an estimated height range of 3 feet to 4 feet and an estimated weight range of 45 to 70 pounds. His hair and eye color are listed as unknown, and no distinctive physical features, clothing, transportation details, or identifying documents are publicly provided in the case data.
The investigating agency is the Vermont State Police - Vermont Intelligence Center.
The circumstances of Walter’s case are tied to the severe flooding that struck Rochester during Hurricane Irene. Public missing-person listings state that he was missing from Woodlawn Cemetery during the flood caused by Hurricane Irene, with the last-seen time recorded as 9:19 a.m. on August 28, 2011. Because the listed location is Woodlawn Cemetery, the case appears connected to the cemetery washout rather than a typical child-disappearance scenario. Find a Grave also lists a Walter App memorial associated with Woodlawn Cemetery in Rochester, with birth and death dates unknown.
Hurricane Irene caused catastrophic flooding across Vermont on August 28, 2011. Contemporary reporting described the storm’s impact as driven less by wind than by water, with many Vermont towns damaged by intense rainfall and flooding. FEMA records show that Vermont received emergency and disaster declarations connected to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, covering the incident period from late August into early September 2011.
Woodlawn Cemetery in Rochester was one of the places devastated by the flooding. Reporting after the storm described Nason Brook swelling into violent floodwaters and tearing through the cemetery, washing away graves and scattering remains. The Associated Press reported that dozens of sets of remains from Woodlawn Cemetery were displaced, with some found in caskets and others scattered by the water. Later local reporting described the cemetery as having been left in ruins and noted the long, painful restoration process faced by the community.
Walter’s case remains publicly listed as a missing-person case in the online sources located, and the provided API data does not list a case resolution status of Alive or Deceased. There is no clear public indication in the sources reviewed that Walter has been recovered or formally identified. Because the available information is sparse and the case appears connected to storm-displaced cemetery remains, the most accurate summary is that Walter App remains listed as missing from Woodlawn Cemetery in Rochester, Vermont, following the Hurricane Irene flood, with no exact recovery or resolution date available from the reviewed online sources.Last Seen: Aug 28, 2011
