Anita Kay Kalantari was 53 years old when she was last known to have contact with others in Weehawken, New Jersey, on March 24, 1999. Public NamUs information identifies her case as MP131818 and lists her as missing from Weehawken, in Hudson County, with the Weehawken Police Department as the investigating agency. Her case was reported to police on March 24, 1999, under agency case number 99-03536, placing the beginning of the official search on the same day she disappeared.
The central known circumstance is stark and painful in its simplicity: Anita had been spending the night on her boat at Lincoln Harbor Marina in Weehawken when she went missing. That setting leaves the case with a particularly haunting quality, because a marina can be both familiar and isolated, full of vessels, docks, water, and transient movement. The available public case information does not describe a confirmed sighting after that night, nor does it provide a detailed sequence of what happened onboard, who last spoke with her, or what was found during the early investigation. What remains publicly documented is that Anita vanished from a place where she apparently expected to spend the night, and whatever happened next left her family and investigators without the answers that every missing person’s loved ones deserve.
At the time she disappeared, Anita was described as a White/Caucasian woman, approximately 5 feet tall and about 110 pounds, with blond or strawberry-colored medium-length hair and blue eyes. She wore glasses and/or contact lenses, had pierced ears, and had a rose tattoo on her right ankle. The clothing and personal items associated with her last known appearance are also intimate details of an ordinary evening suddenly turned into a mystery: she was reportedly last seen wearing a green Polo robe and had a string bracelet on her left arm. These details matter because in long-term missing person cases, even small identifiers can become important if someone recalls a memory, recognizes a description, or compares information years later.
The investigation has remained tied to the Weehawken Police Department, whose public case listing names Detective Lieutenant Thomas Glackin as the listed contact and provides the department’s main number. NamUs describes itself as a central national database and support program for law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, investigators, and families working to resolve missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases; it also notes that families may help by providing DNA samples and other identifying information for comparison. In Anita’s case, public case data indicates that known DNA samples were obtained from a half-brother and a half-sister, a sign that efforts were made to preserve family reference material that could assist with identification if future evidence were found.
The public record does not provide a complete account of what searches were conducted at Lincoln Harbor Marina, whether the boat showed signs of disturbance, or whether investigators developed a leading theory. It also does not publicly confirm what Anita’s plans were after spending the night on the boat, whether anyone expected to meet her the following morning, or whether any personal property was missing. That absence of detail should not diminish the seriousness of the case; instead, it underscores how difficult long-term missing person investigations can become when the last known window is narrow, the physical setting includes water and boat traffic, and the available public timeline begins and ends with one documented night.
Anita Kay Kalantari’s disappearance is the story of a woman who entered the night at Lincoln Harbor Marina and, according to public records, was not seen again. She was 53, small in stature, blue-eyed, blond or strawberry-haired, and identifiable by personal details such as pierced ears and a rose tattoo on her right ankle. The Weehawken Police Department remains the listed investigating agency, and NamUs continues to serve as the public national record for her case. In overview, Anita was last known to be spending the night on her boat in Weehawken on March 24, 1999; she was reported missing that same day; her case remains defined publicly by limited facts, enduring uncertainty, and the hope that preserved identifying information, renewed attention, or a remembered detail may one day help bring clarity to what happened to her.Last Seen: Mar 24, 1999
