Account
May 19, 2010
Mar 26, 2020
Michael
Reinert
55
10
50 inches
60 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
On a summer evening in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, 10-year-old Michael Reinert was seen for the last time. It was June 22, 1979, when he, along with his sister Karen, left their home with their mother, Susan Gallagher Reinert. Michael, a young boy with blond hair and blue eyes, was reportedly wearing a Phillies T-shirt and sneakers. The family was leaving together, and there was nothing to suggest that this departure would be their last. The ordinary moments of that evening would soon become the starting point of a complex and heartbreaking investigation that has spanned decades, leaving a family and community with unanswered questions about the fate of the two young children. Just three days later, a grim discovery was made in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania. Susan Reinert's car was found abandoned in the parking lot of a Host Inn. Inside the trunk, authorities found Susan's body. There was no trace of Michael or his sister Karen at the scene. The discovery of their mother's murder immediately launched an intensive and widespread search for the missing children. Investigators and search teams scoured the surrounding areas, following up on any potential leads, hoping to find any sign of Michael and Karen. Despite these exhaustive efforts, the search turned up nothing, and the children seemingly vanished without a trace, deepening the mystery and the anguish for their loved ones. In the years that followed, the case of Michael and Karen Reinert grew cold, leaving a void of uncertainty. With no new evidence or sightings, authorities came to the tragic conclusion that the children were likely met with the same fate as their mother. Both Michael and his sister are presumed to have been murdered alongside Susan, though their bodies have never been recovered. In 1987, eight years after they were last seen, Michael and Karen were declared legally dead. The case remains a painful memory, an unresolved tragedy that began with a mother and her two children leaving their home one evening and ended with a murder conviction for a local principal, though the children's whereabouts remain unknown. The investigation into their disappearance is a somber overview of hope turning to despair, as the search for two missing children transitioned into a presumption of their deaths, a conclusion that provides no closure without the discovery of their remains.
Jun 22, 1979
Ardmore
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
19003
No
27093
Pennsylvania State Police
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
17112
Nathan Trate
Sergeant
8000 Bretz Drive, Pennsylvania
7176717500
State
Law Enforcement
H01-149888
Pennsylvania State Police
Blond/Strawberry
Blue
Blue
No
06/05/2026
