Skeletal Remains Found In Basement Could Solve Mystery Of Long Island Woman Missing Since 1966

LONG ISLAND, NY — Skeletal remains that have been found in the basement of a home in Suffolk County could solve the more than 50-year search for a missing woman.

Police were searching the home in Southold looking for clues in the 1966 disappearance of Louise Pietrewicz. The Suffolk County investigators found the remains on Monday beneath the home of the late William P. Boken, who was having an affair with Louise, then 38, at the time of her disappearance. Reportedly, the tip to search the basement came in from Boken’s former wife, who confessed to a detective that a burlap-wrapped body had been buried there.

Louise Pietrewicz Missing Poster

On October 5, 1966, Louise withdrew $1,273.80 from her personal account at Bridgehampton National Bank and closed it. The next day, according to a court document filed a decade later, she “disappeared in the company of a man friend.” The man, according to police, was Boken — a married Southold Town police officer at the time Louise began a romantic relationship with him.

Louise was married to Albin Pietrewicz, and the couple had a daughter named Sandy. But Albin was physically abusive, according to Sandy, who told The Suffolk Times that she saw her father push and beat her mother, and throw her against the wall. In fact, more than once, Louise would take Sandy and leave Albin.

Albin and Sally Pietrewicz [Gone: Farmers’ Daughters/screenshot]

Albin found out about Louise’s affair with Boken, and later told police that he felt humiliated. Boken’s wife, Judith, suffered similar treatment at the hands of her husband.

On the day she disappeared, Louise’s sister Josephine saw her in Boken’s car. Louise was never seen again.

On October 7, the Southold Town Board, led by Supervisor Lester Albertson, unanimously accepted Boken’s resignation from the police force, preceded by a few days of him calling in sick to work.

A few days later, Louise’s purse was found on the eastbound shoulder of Route 25 in Calverton or Manorville. Inside the bag were a World War II bond, her Social Security card, and a postcard bearing the handwritten name of Glen Cove doctor Edward Honig.

Louise Pietrewicz [Gone: Farmers’ Daughters/screenshot]

Other than that, there were never any clues, sightings, or a body. According to Sandy, there wasn’t even much of an investigation. And, as The Suffolk Times reported, “Louise was gone, and the two men most likely to know something about that — her husband and her boyfriend — both lived in Southold Town, just miles from each other. Town police would not have had to travel far to locate the prime suspects.”

When Albin was interviewed by the police, he was so angry and humiliated that he told them that he didn’t care where Louise was, or whether she was alive or dead.

Louise’s sister Josephine said Boken “informed our family that he had abandoned [our] sister on the streets in Brooklyn and did not know her whereabouts.”

Chillingly, in legal documents that came to light later, Boken had threatened his wife, Judith, telling her that he would bury her in their basement with “that other bitch.”

The current homeowner — who has no involvement in the case — consented to the search, police said on Monday night. The remains have been taken to the medical examiner to confirm their identity and the cause of death.

If you are in search of a missing person, make sure to enter their information into the database of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

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Main photo: Louise Pietrewicz [Missing Persons Database]

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