The Red Jacket at the Water Intakes

A Case Remembered Through Sparse Public Details

Ann Elizabeth Victor-Lazarus disappeared from Buffalo, New York, on October 22, 2017. The publicly available record of her case is unusually spare: a date, a city, a few physical details, the clothing she was believed to be wearing, and the discovery of her vehicle near the New York State Power Authority water intakes. Yet even with limited information, the outline is stark. A 61-year-old woman from Buffalo was last seen, then was never heard from again, and the known trail ended not at a home, a hospital, or a destination, but near water.

Who Ann Victor-Lazarus Was

Ann Elizabeth Victor-Lazarus was 61 years old when she went missing. Public case listings identify her as a white woman, approximately 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing about 135 pounds, with blue eyes. Her hair is described in different listings as brown or dyed red at the time she disappeared; the Charley Project notes that her natural hair color was brown and that her hair had been dyed red. Her ears were pierced one time each. These details are the kind that missing-person records preserve because they may help someone recognize a person, even years later....Read More

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