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Michaela Joy Garecht

NCIC# M566376392

Missing Since: November 19, 1988

Hayward, CA

Age Now: 46 Years Old

Female

Michaela's photo is shown age-progressed to 33 years. The other photos shown were taken before she went missing. She was allegedly abducted in front of Rainbow Market on Missing Boulevard in Hayward, California.

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Hayward Police Department (California) 1-510-293-7000

NCMEC: 717172

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