Missing from: Baltimore County, Maryland
Missing: September 27, 1986
Age at disappearance: 23
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5’ 4″
Weight: 190
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. Pierced ears, beauty like mole on left cheek.
Details of Disappearance: Bernadette was last seen leaving Shaw’s Jewelry Store in the Eastpoint Mall in northeastern Baltimore County, Maryland on September 27, 1986. Caruso had completed her work shift at the jewelry store and was seen entering her car in the mall’s parking lot at approximately 5:05 p.m. that day. She had told a co-worker that her estranged husband, Michael Caruso, had called her and she was going to meet him. She was supposed to call a friend later that day, but never did. She was driving, her grandmother’s gray/green 1982 Chevrolet Cavalier with Maryland license tags numbered FYW-097, which has never been recovered. Bernadette was carrying a bag containing a pink and black jacket at the time of her disappearance.Bernadette was separated from Michael, a Baltimore County police officer, at the time of her disappearance. They were involved in a bitter custody battle over their three-year-old daughter. Their daughter was spending the weekend with relatives on the day Bernadette vanished. Michael was later fired from the police department after being convicted of abusing a prisoner. Witnesses report that he often threatened his wife. He has not been charged in her case, however, nor has he or anyone else been named as a suspect. Bernadette has never been heard from again. Her case remains unsolved.
Investigating agency: Baltimore County Police Department 410-887-3943 or Maryland State Police 410-486-3101
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