Account
Sep 30, 2011
Jun 19, 2023
Michelle
Giusti
63
1
36 inches
30 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
In the quiet, rural landscape of Jefferson County, Washington, a mother and her two young daughters vanished from their farm home, leaving behind a silence that has stretched across decades. On March 5, 1963, two-year-old Michelle Giusti, her ten-month-old sister Clara, and their 20-year-old mother, Sharon, were seen for the last time. Michelle's father and Sharon's husband, Raymond Giusti, told authorities that he had been out working in the fields all afternoon. When he returned to their house, located about five miles south of Port Townsend, his wife and children were gone. Also missing were the family car, some clothing, and an amount of cash. This initial absence, while unsettling, might have been interpreted in any number of ways, but as the days turned into an enduring mystery, the hope of a simple explanation faded. It wasn't until four days later, on March 9, 1963, that Raymond Giusti officially reported his family missing to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The day after the report was filed, the family car was discovered abandoned and unlocked beneath a highway overpass, approximately one to two miles from their home. There were no signs of Sharon, Michelle, or Clara, and no indication of a struggle. The local rural bus driver was questioned but had no memory of picking up a woman with two small children. The discovery of the car without its occupants only deepened the concern and pointed away from the idea that Sharon had simply left. Accounts of the marriage between Sharon and Raymond suggested it was troubled; Sharon had reportedly left him on previous occasions, seeking refuge with family and expressing fear of him, though they had always reconciled. As years turned into decades, the silence from Sharon and her daughters remained unbroken. Authorities have long believed that Michelle, her sister, and her mother disappeared under suspicious circumstances and are likely no longer alive. Relatives of Sharon also stated they had not seen or heard from her or the children since the day they disappeared. The case grew cold, a lingering question in the community. About a year after his family vanished, Raymond Giusti remarried. Many years later, in 2018, at the age of 88, he died by suicide. This act closed a chapter but provided no answers to the questions that have haunted the family and investigators for generations. The disappearance of Michelle Giusti, her baby sister Clara, and their mother Sharon, remains an unsolved case, a somber story of a family that seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving behind only questions and the enduring pain of not knowing.
Mar 05, 1963
Port Townsend
Washington
Jefferson County
No
10867
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Port Hadlock
Washington
Jefferson County
98339
Robert Gebo
Detective
79 Elkins Road, Washington
3603853831
County
Law Enforcement
92-0482
1963-03-09
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Red/Auburn
Blue
Blue
06/20/2026
