In the autumn of 1983, a young woman named Babette Alberti would vanish, leaving behind a life story with missing pages that have yet to be found. At 23 years old, Babette was last definitively seen in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, although the exact date is uncertain, with reports varying between October 5 and October 20, 1983. On that day, she visited a friend who was incarcerated at the jail in Hahnville, a detail that is confirmed by the facility's visitor logs and the friend she went
to see. After this visit, all traces of Babette Alberti seem to disappear. At the time of her disappearance, she was a resident of Chalmette, living on Lena Drive. The initial investigation into her disappearance was handled by the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, but was later transferred to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Babette was a petite woman, standing between 4'11' and 5'1' and weighing between 95 and 105 pounds. She had brown hair and hazel eyes. Her body was adorned with several tattoos, including a butterfly on the right side of her abdomen, a unicorn on her right buttock, and a Sagittarius symbol on her hip. Other possible tattoos included a rose with the letter 'N' on her back, a flower with the name 'Paul' on her right buttock, and a heart-shaped banner with the names 'Babette and Kim'. She also had several scars, including one from an appendectomy on the right side of her abdomen and others on her wrists. In her past, she had suffered a broken jaw that had been wired shut and had also broken her ribs during childhood. It is known that she sometimes used aliases, including Babette Nadine Arnelur Phillips.
In the time leading up to her disappearance, Babette was known to frequent the French Quarter in New Orleans, where she was actively seeking employment in local bars. There have been suggestions that she may have been involved with drugs and sex work around the time she went missing. There is also information that suggests she may have had plans to travel to the Bay St. Louis area of Mississippi after she was last seen. Despite these leads, the trail has remained cold for decades. The specifics of what happened to Babette Alberti after she left the Hahnville jail remain a mystery. Her case is an overview of a life interrupted, a collection of personal details and last known moments that have yet to form a complete picture, leaving her family and investigators searching for answers for many years.Last Seen: Oct 20, 1983
