Bonnie enjoyed babysitting and was working for the summer as a mother's helper at Camp Wel-Met in Narrowsburg, New York, when she vanished on July 27, 1973 along with her boyfriend, Mitchel Weiser. The young teens had planned to hitchhike to Watkins Glen, NY, for an Allman Brothers-Grateful Dead concert. They met at Camp Wel-Met and then set off for the concert, which was 75 miles from Narrowsburg; neither child has been seen since. It's believed that they had approximately $25.00 between them, and they carried backpacks and sleeping bags. Authorities initially believed that the two youngsters simply ran off together, because they had secretly exchanged wedding rings earlier in that summer of 1973. Both were intelligent teenagers who attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn. Bonnie lived in Borough Park with her family when she was not working at Camp Wel-Met, and Mitch lived in Midwood. Years following their disappearances, Mitch's father accepted a collect call from someone identifying herself as "Bonnie." By the time the operator was able to connect them, the caller hung up. In 2000, a witness claimed that he watched Bonnie and Mitchel both drown on their way back from Watkins Glen. The witness was on his way home from the festival and hitched a ride in a volkswagen bus. There was a young couple in the back of the bus who he claims were Bonnie and Mitchel. It was a hot day and there was a river nearby. They stopped, to cool off in the water. As the witness was taking off his shoes, he heard a shout. He turned to see that the girl was in the river. The boy, her companion, leaped in to save her. They both were swept away, down the rapids, still alive. After the incident the witness and the driver drove away from the scene. The driver said he would make an anonymous call to the police from a gas station. Police have no record that a call was made. The witness' account has never been verified. This case is considered the oldest missing teens case in the United States. Because Bonnie has never been found, this is her only place of remembrance.
Bonnie enjoyed babysitting and was working for the summer as a mother's helper at Camp Wel-Met in Narrowsburg, New York, when she vanished on July 27, 1973 along with her boyfriend, Mitchel Weiser. The young teens had planned to hitchhike to Watkins Glen, NY, for an Allman Brothers-Grateful Dead concert. They met at Camp Wel-Met and then set off for the concert, which was 75 miles from Narrowsburg; neither child has been seen since. It's believed that they had approximately $25.00 between them, and they carried backpacks and sleeping bags. Authorities initially believed that the two youngsters simply ran off together, because they had secretly exchanged wedding rings earlier in that summer of 1973. Both were intelligent teenagers who attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn. Bonnie lived in Borough Park with her family when she was not working at Camp Wel-Met, and Mitch lived in Midwood. Years following their disappearances, Mitch's father accepted a collect call from someone identifying herself as "Bonnie." By the time the operator was able to connect them, the caller hung up. In 2000, a witness claimed that he watched Bonnie and Mitchel both drown on their way back from Watkins Glen. The witness was on his way home from the festival and hitched a ride in a volkswagen bus. There was a young couple in the back of the bus who he claims were Bonnie and Mitchel. It was a hot day and there was a river nearby. They stopped, to cool off in the water. As the witness was taking off his shoes, he heard a shout. He turned to see that the girl was in the river. The boy, her companion, leaped in to save her. They both were swept away, down the rapids, still alive. After the incident the witness and the driver drove away from the scene. The driver said he would make an anonymous call to the police from a gas station. Police have no record that a call was made. The witness' account has never been verified. This case is considered the oldest missing teens case in the United States. Because Bonnie has never been found, this is her only place of remembrance.
