Anna Waters

* Living photo
* Age progressed

**Anna Christian Waters** was a young girl who vanished in 1973. She is believed to have been abducted.

## Case

### Disappearance

Anna was last seen playing in her family garden on Purissima Creek Road in rural  San Mateo, California on January, 16, 1973. Her mother and stepfather were both at home that day. She had arrived home from kindergarten at around 1:00 p.m. and changed her clothes before going outside.  At 2:00 p.m. Anna’s mother noticed that she was no longer in the yard and went out  to search for her daughter. She called the police at 3:00 p.m. when she could not find Anna anywhere. Authorities sounded a siren in the neighbourhood in the hopes that Anna would hear it and come to see what was going on but this did not work. Anna has not been heard from since.

A friend of Anna’s family reported seeing two men, one much younger than the other, in a white truck not long before Anna vanished. The men have never come forward or been identified and it is unclear if they were involved in her disappearance.

Authorities searched a creek that ran through Anna’s family’s property but did not find anything. It is worth noting that the road Anna’s house was on was not well travelled and few cars would come down it.

Anna’s parents think she may be alive but not be aware that she is missing.

### Further investigations

Anna’s half-brother later remembered an incident around a month before Anna vanished in which a man and a woman had tried to lure her into their vehicle. This took place on a road near their home and took place in front of both of her half-brothers. Their car was a 1960’s model Chevrolet Impala with Washington licensing plates. The woman and long, dark hair and wore a white shirt with embroidery on it and her half-brother did not remember what the man looked like. Anna refused to get into the vehicle and the couple left without incident. The have never been identified and it had never been proven that they were involved in Anna’s disappearance.

### George Waters and George Brody

There is speculation that Anna’s father, George  Henry Waters, may have been involved in her disappearance. He had schizophrenia and, while his family refused to have him committed to a psychiatric hospital, he had lost his job as a result. Unfortunately, George had become friends with a man who used the name “George Brody”, which Anna’s family believe may have not been what he was actually called, who was described as being very manipulative.  George would support Brody financially and did not make any decisions without consulting him. This led to Anna’s parents divorcing.

Brody was reportedly very interested in Anna and believed her to be the reincarnation of a woman he had previously lived with. He convinced Anna’s mother to add “Eiffee” to her middle name because he wanted their names to have the same amount of number in them. Brody died of cancer in 1981 and on his death certificate there was no birthdate, no known relatives and no social security number.

George never contacted his ex wife after Anna’s disappearance. After Brody died he destroyed most of his papers relating to himself Brody and Anna. George died of suicide approximately two weeks after Brody’s death although his exact date of death is unknown as his body was not immediately discovered.

Police looked to see if George and Brody were possibly involved in Anna’s murder but could not find any evidence to suggest they were. A private investigator also looked into them but found nothing.

## Characteristics

* Blond hair.
* Brown eyes.
* A mole on her cheek.
* Dimples on her cheeks.

## Clothing and accessories

* A blue and white stripped T-shirt.
* Blue trousers or jeans.
* Black rubber boots.

## Sources

* Anna Waters at the *Charley Project*
* Anna Waters at *NamUs*
* Anna Waters at *NCMEC*
* Anna Waters at the *Doe Network*

## Notes

1. ↑ Anna's name is pronounced in the same way as the character from *Frozen*