Gretchen Moselle Wachter was 33 and living at the House of Hope in Brooklyn when she was last heard from on October 1, 2011. Her family stopped receiving communications after that date, and staff at the facility say she never returned to collect letters left for her. The 83rd Precinct of the NYPD is handling the investigation.

Gretchen is described as a Caucasian female, 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, about 130 to 135 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair she sometimes colored blonde. Distinguishing features include pierced ears, an egg-shaped birthmark on one hip, and a coin-sized scar on an ankle. She was also known to use the aliases Bea MacArthur and Davita ’Veda’ Short.

Very few details are available about the circumstances of her disappearance, and there have been no significant publicly reported leads. Does anyone who knew Gretchen at the House of Hope or who recognizes the aliases have information to share with the 83rd Precinct?