Risch, who was married and had two young children, disappeared from her home in Lincoln, Massachusetts in 1961. Risch's husband left their house at 6:50 a. m. for an 8:00 a. m. Flight to New York City from Logan Airport. She went to the dentist that morning with her 4-year-old daughter, leaving her 2-year-old son with a neighbor. She went shopping before returning home, putting her son down for a nap and dropping off her daughter at the neighbor's to play. Risch was last seen by her neighbor at 2:15, near her car.