A San Francisco person who went missing above a thirty day period ago has been found useless in his apartment setting up, the man’s household claimed Monday.

Christopher Woitel, 50, was past seen on Jan. 8 on surveillance footage from the condominium at 65 Guerrero Avenue. The footage showed him returning property, but a personal investigator hired by the loved ones said it never ever showed him leaving.

A statement unveiled by the household claims San Francisco police carried out an additional lookup of the apartment developing above the weekend and learned the overall body. The statement does not specify where the system was identified. An autopsy is pending.

Woitel, a San Francisco resident considering the fact that the 1980s, was described lacking by his mother on Jan. 13. She said her past call with him was on Jan. 9 — the day right after his past sighting on surveillance footage — and his financial institution account and credit cards have been unused since early January.

A statement from the Brisbane personal investigator hired by the family raised additional questions than solutions. Scott Williams claims he searched Woitel’s apartment and found it undisturbed. When Williams reviewed the building’s stability footage, he saw the clip of Woitel strolling in, but there was no trace of him walking out. Williams said the only other way out of the constructing was through the back doorway, but a overview of that camera, which is brought on by motion at evening, yielded very little.

“My gut sensation is one thing poor happened,” Lara Haben, Woitel’s sister, instructed Mission Regional.

The household informed the San Francisco Examiner that Woitel was an extremely generous friend and had been recognised to lengthen his property to unhoused men and women, at least just one of whom is on surveillance video clip coming and likely from Woitel’s apartment.

SF man lacking about a month less than mysterious conditions identified useless in apartment

The block of Guerrero Road in San Francisco exactly where Christopher Woitel lived.

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“It was always a little relating to, and he didn’t genuinely like to converse to me about it much too much because I would generally say ‘What are you carrying out, why are you performing that?’” buddy Jennifer Berg informed the Examiner.

The personal investigator says he was ready to monitor down a single of the past recognized folks to check out Woitel at his apartment. That particular person, who is reportedly dwelling in a tent encampment in Emeryville, was allegedly identified in possession of Woitel’s cellphone. The male allegedly stated Woitel offered him the cell phone.

Williams’ assertion suggests the gentleman then claimed to have “psychic abilities” and considered Woitel experienced been “shot in the head and wrapped in plastic ahead of his entire body was dumped in the h2o at the conclude of Mariposa Street in San Francisco.”

“It is very clear [the man] suffers from mental health issues and as this sort of could be delusional,” the report states. A buddy of Woitel advised Mission Nearby it is unlikely the guy hurt Woitel, as he has a leg personal injury that impedes his mobility.

Christopher Woitel, 50, was reported missing on Jan. 13, 2021.

Christopher Woitel, 50, was described missing on Jan. 13, 2021.

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In addition, Mission Area reviews Woitel’s conduct was turning out to be increasingly erratic and paranoid in the days before his disappearance. Spouse and children associates report him sending nervous texts about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, stressing Trump supporters may possibly also appear to San Francisco. Woitel’s sister claims on the day of his very last get in touch with, he mentioned he read a “man on a loudspeaker” telling people today to “get out now.” Loved ones members say he also requested for funds to substitute a shed cellphone.


Discouraged with the police investigation, Woitel’s siblings flew in to San Francisco from the Midwest on Friday. They put in the weekend passing out missing human being flyers in close proximity to his home. A several days later on, police identified Woitel’s stays in the apartment developing.

“Make sure you assist us by preserving Chris’ legacy in your recollections,” the relatives claimed in a assertion. “Thank you for your really like and caring supporting via these really tricky periods.”