Due to the fact that he played a young version of Beethoven in two different films, actor Joe Pichler may be recognizable to many of us. Pichler, however, disappeared without a trace when he was 18 years old.

Pichler’s acting career got off to an early start, as he started performing when he was only four years old and was cast in his first commercial when he was only six.

 

As he became older, he was able to land more significant parts, such as in the television shows Touched by an Angel and Varsity Blues. In the year 2000, he was given a role in Beethoven’s Third, and he later performed the same part in Beethoven’s Fourth the following year.

Pichler, then 18 years old, was reported missing in 2006 shortly after the New Year’s holiday.

 

Pichler’s final interaction with a living being was a phone call to a friend that took place shortly after 4 a.m. on January 5. Pichler was reportedly “inconsolable” during the call and had been drinking prior to it, as stated by the acquaintance.

 

Pichler promised his friend that he would call him back within an hour or two before hanging up the phone; however, the promised call never arrived, and no one has heard from him since then.

 

Pichler’s silver Toyota Corolla was discovered parked up to a piece of water known as Port Washington Narrows on the 9th of January, four days later, in Pichler’s hometown of Bremerton, which is located in the state of Washington.

Pichler apologized for not being a better role model for his younger brother in some writing that was included in the note, and he also indicated that his items should be given to his sibling. The note featured two pages of poetry.

 

The 16th of January was the day that Pichler’s family made the official report to the police that he was missing.

 

After reading the note, the authorities have reason to assume that Pichler may have committed suicide, but the young actor’s family is not on board with this theory.

 

His mother claimed at the time that a detective told her, “I don’t know how to say this to you without sounding really bad, but basically I think your son’s dead, and it could take months for him to show up in the water.” This was part of an interview that took place with the Seattle Post-Intelligence at the time.

 

On the other hand, this was refuted by a Bremerton detective who stated that he had told Kathy Pichler that “state standards demand that the department collect dental records of any missing persons who haven’t been discovered after 40 days.” Kathy Pichler said that he had told her this.

Kathy continued by saying that she did not believe the text to be a suicide note: “There was no time for a farewell.

 

Shawna Pichler, Pichler’s sister, told the Kitsap Sun a few days after her brother went missing that she believes he is “probably too humiliated to come home.”

 

“In the absolute worst situation, there must have been some kind of foul play. But not suicide.”

 

While his brother Matthew contributed the following: “He had written a message stating that he wished to begin again, and he had left it.

 

The family is still in the dark about what took to to the gifted young actor, which is quite unfortunate for all of them.

 

Bremerton Police are requesting that anyone who may have any information get in touch with them as soon as possible.

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