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Dec 22, 2009
Oct 10, 2022
Albert
Bloch
78
61
71 inches
160 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the late evening of September 26, 2007, 61-year-old Albert Bloch was seen for the last time in the 2200 block of Houma Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana. Estranged from his family for years, his absence went unnoticed for over a month. It wasn't until a caseworker from Responsibility House, a housing program for individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues, could not get in contact with him that concern began to grow. The caseworker had met with Bloch only once, on the day he was last seen, and subsequent attempts to reach him by phone and mail were unsuccessful. On November 2, 2007, Bloch was officially reported as a missing person. Investigators found his silver 1995 Volvo 850 abandoned behind an apartment complex, not far from his own residence where an eviction notice was taped to his door. Inside his apartment, all his furniture and personal belongings remained untouched, along with a substantial bank account. The investigation into Albert Bloch's disappearance took a dark turn when it began to focus on a former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy, Mark Hebert. The connection between the two men began on August 2, 2007, when Hebert responded to a car accident in which Bloch was involved. Following the accident, Bloch was hospitalized for minor injuries. It was during this hospital stay that someone began using his credit card, a fact that would later prove crucial to the investigation. After Hebert's arrest in December 2007 on unrelated charges involving the burglary of another person's vehicle, a search of his home and car uncovered several of Bloch's personal items, including his driver's license, credit card, and blank checks. The evidence mounted against Hebert, painting a grim picture of what happened to Albert Bloch. In April 2013, a federal indictment charged Hebert with 59 counts, including bank fraud, identity theft, and obstruction of justice. The indictment alleged that Hebert had stolen Bloch's personal documents to gain access to his finances while Bloch was hospitalized, and then killed him to prevent the crimes from being reported. Although Hebert was not charged with murder in state court, he faced a federal trial for deprivation of civil rights under the color of law, the federal equivalent of murder by a police officer. Hebert pleaded guilty to seven felony counts in November 2013. In July 2014, a federal judge found him responsible for Bloch's death, and in November of that year, he was sentenced to 92 years in prison. At the sentencing, the judge stated her belief that Hebert was responsible for Bloch's death. The case is a chilling account of a vulnerable man who fell victim to a corrupt officer of the law. Despite the conviction, Albert Bloch's body has never been found, leaving his loved ones without a final sense of closure. Foul play is strongly suspected in his disappearance, which is now considered a homicide.
Sep 26, 2007
Metairie
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
7950
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
Harvey
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
70058
1233 Westbank Expressway, Louisiana
5043635500
County
Law Enforcement
K-04808-07
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
Gray or Partially Gray
Brown
Brown
05/23/2026
