CT APRIL GRISANTI: Missing from Norwalk, CT - 1 Feb 1985 - Age 20

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP3272
April L. Grisanti, Female, White / Caucasian

Date of Last Contact: February 1, 1985
Missing From: Norwalk, Connecticut
Missing Age: 20 Years
Date of Birth: May 1, 1964
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Clothing: Black rabbit fur jacket. Black shirt. Blue jeans, possibly striped and white sneakers
Accessories: Gray/beige clutch type purse with top zipper
Jewelry: Small plain silver ring, a thin silver ring with turquoise stone. April also had pierced ears.

Circumstances of Disappearance: Grisanti was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend of 3 years. On the evening of 1/31/85 into 2/1/85 the two had been involved in a physical altercation and the police responded but Grisanti did not press charges. A second altercation occurred at 0015 hours on 2/1/85 where witnesses observed her boyfriend force Grisanti into his blue Cadillac as she fought with him and drive off. Grisanti was never heard from or seen again and her body has never been recovered. Her wallet with drivers license, credit cards, and birth certificate were found in Norwalk about 1 month later.

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APRIL GRISANTI has been missing from Norwalk, CT since 1 Feb 1985. Her boyfriend was the last to see her. His ex wife was found murdered in 1981.

On 2/1/85 where witnesses observed her boyfriend force Grisanti into his blue Cadillac as she fought with him and drive off. Grisanti was never heard from or seen again and her body has never been recovered.

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'They know where she is': Family pleads for info in woman's 1985 disappearance

Police in Norwalk are renewing their call for information in a 1985 cold case in which April Grisanti went missing after leaving a bar.

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'They know where she is': Family pleads for info in woman's 1985 disappearance​

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Police in Connecticut are renewing their call for information in a 1985 cold case in which a woman went missing after leaving a bar.


"I just want her home," sister Gina Grisanti said. "Everybody wants her home."

Aaron was arrested by Norwalk Police on February 10, 1985, and pleaded guilty to kidnapping. He told police April had stormed off, and without a body, there would be no murder charge.

He was incarcerated until his release in December of 1991 and he died in 2015 -- never having admitted involvement in April's death.

"He was supposed to do 14 years, he got out in five," Gina Grisanti said. "After that, once they got him in for kidnapping, they (wiped their hands clean)."

The family has grown frustrated with the police handling of the cold case and believe there are several people who know what happened that night.

"Just tell me, tell me where she is," Gina Grisanti said. "I can't arrest you. I don't even have to know who you are. Do it anonymously."

 

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‘We have a smoking gun’: April Grisanti’s sister says social media post may help solve 1985 Norwalk abduction

“I've never been this close in my entire life,” Gina Grisanti says of her hunt to...

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‘We have a smoking gun’: April Grisanti’s sister says social media post may help solve 1985 Norwalk abduction​

March 26, 2022

When April Grisanti was abducted on a chilly winter night in 1985, she disappeared essentially without a trace.

Police said witnesses last saw the 20-year-old woman being forced into a car by her ex-boyfriend James “Purple” Aaron after the two got into an argument at a Main Street bar.

Aaron was ultimately convicted of kidnapping. But police never located Grisanti and Aaron was not charged in connection with her presumed death.

In the nearly four decades since Grisanti’s abduction, as police struggled to uncover new leads, her sister Gina Grisanti has launched her own hunt for clues. In an interview, she said she believes she is closer than ever to ending the 37-year-old mystery.

“I've never been this close in my entire life,” Gina Grisanti said. “In 37 years, we had nothing. And now we have a smoking gun.”

Gina Grisanti said she believes a social media post that appeared to reference her sister’s abduction strongly suggests there are people alive today who have important information about the death.

The post, according to Gina Grisanti, includes a screenshot that purports to show a conversation between two people discussing April Grisanti’s hidden remains and the threat posed by the still-open police investigation.

Police, however, have expressed skepticism that the post reveals anything new about the case. Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik said cold case investigators looked into the post, but determined it was not a credible piece of evidence.

Gina Grisanti “is looking for closure and she hasn't been able to get it, which we understand is incredibly difficult,” Kulhawik said.

Gina Grisanti said she was disappointed by the police department’s assessment, but added that she plans to push forward with her search. In the last year, she has raised more than $1,500 to cover the cost of handmade missing person posters with pictures of her sister. She also intends to use the money to pay for a private investigator.

Gina Grisanti said she believes more clues about her sister’s abduction might surface if the state offers reward money to anyone with information about the disappearance.

 

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Norwalk police give renewed push to solve missing woman’s cold case

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) — Norwalk police are urging the public to help them solve what happened to a woman who went missing in 1985. April Grisanti was last seen shortly after midnight on Feb. …

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by: Braley Dodson
Posted: Jan 30, 2023 / 09:40 PM EST
Updated: Jan 30, 2023 / 09:40 PM EST

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) — Norwalk police are urging the public to help them solve what happened to a woman who went missing in 1985.

April Grisanti was last seen shortly after midnight on Feb. 1, 1985, when her ex-boyfriend, James “Purple” Aaron, forced her into his blue Cadillac outside Anthony’s Bar on Main Street, according to a tweet from police.

The two were seen fighting inside the vehicle, which turned onto New Canaan Avenue, according to police. Her friends reported her missing after she didn’t show up to work.

Aaron has been convicted of second-degree kidnapping and unlawful restrain, and was discharged from prison in 1991.

His first wife, Mary Frattalone-Aaron, also went missing in July 1981. Her remains were found the following month in the woods in Norwalk.

Anyone with information on Grisanti is asked to contact Det. Serio at (203) 854-3188, send an anonymous tip at norwalkpd.com or text 847411 by typing in NORWALKPD and then the tip.