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Gail Beth Katz Bierenbaum

Birth: 8 Mar 1956
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death: 7 Jul 1985 (aged 29)
USA
Cenotaph: Mount Zion Cemetery

Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Memorial ID: 6902218 View Source

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"Gail Beth, beloved daughter, granddaughter and sister. Forever in our hearts." Subject of The New York Times Bestseller "The Surgeon's Wife." Presumed murdered.

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Emanuel Leonard "Manny" Katz

1929–1995
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1933–1990

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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: July 7, 1985 from New York City, New York Classification: Endangered Missing Age: 29 years old Height and Weight: 5'2, 110 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair. Gail's ears are pierced. Her maiden name is Katz.

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Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: New York City Police Department 646-610-6914 Details of Disappearance Gail was last seen at the apartment she shared with her husband, Dr. Robert "Bob" Bierenbaum, in the New York City borough of Manhattan on July 7, 1985. A photo of Robert is posted below this case summary. Robert claimed that Gail walked out of the residence on East 85th Street after the couple argued during the day and never returned. He reported her missing to the authorities and also stated that he and Gail had been attending martial counseling sessions due to problems in their relationship at the time she vanished. Robert claimed that Gail had a history of mental illness, suicide attempts, and drug and alcohol abuse as well. Gail has never been heard from again.

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Gail's family refuted Robert's statements to investigators and said that Gail told them he had been mentally and physically abusing her for some time prior to her disappearance. Her family said that Robert once attempted to choke Gail after catching her smoking cigarettes, which Robert stated was "forbidden" in their household. He also tried to murder Gail's cat, according to Gail's relatives. Robert's attorney denied the Katz family's statements in 1985 during the initial 1985 investigation. Gail and Robert had been married since 1982 and had a stormy relationship for some time. She was working on a doctorate in clinical psychology at the time she vanished, while Robert was on-staff as a physician at a Brooklyn hospital in New York. Gail told friends that she had met another man and was planning to leave Robert; she had taken out a loan so she could pay for graduate school without his help. Investigators believed that Robert was involved in Gail's disappearance for many years and was responsible for her presumed death, but lacked evidence to make an arrest in the case. Robert moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1989 and set up a medical practice in the city. This was the same year that a partial female body washed ashore in Staten Island, New York. DNA tests were not available at the time, but authorities believed that the remains were Gail's after conducting x-ray exams on the corpse. The body was buried and it was assumed that Gail had been located, but the case remained unsolved.

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