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The Bizarre and Unsolved Disappearance of Child Hollywood Actor Joe Pichler
A young man who had found acting success in films and television disappeared suddenly 20 years and has been missing ever since
Joe Pichler was a young man with an impressive Hollywood acting resume under his belt and a full life ahead of him having just reached legal adulthood. However, on a cold January night in 2006, he mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind puzzling and incomplete clues. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Before he vanished, Pichler had steadily become one of those faces you recognized even if you didn’t know his name. He had worked steadily in film and television as an actor since a young age. Before the age of 16, he had landed roles in films like multiple sequels of the Beethoven franchise, Varsity Blues, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Touched by an Angel.
In 2003, at his parents’ urging, he left Los Angeles and moved back to his hometown of Bremerton, across the water from Seattle, to finish his high school career. It was supposed to be a brief interlude with the intention to eventually return to acting.
In Bremerton, Pichler grew into a young adult. He obtained his own apartment, but still frequently visited…
