Family Members Continue Search For Missing Middletown Man

MIDDLETOWN, CT — The search continues for Peter Recchia, who has been missing from Middletown for more than 45 days. Recchia’s last confirmed sighting is Oct. 3 when he was spotted in New Haven after coming into contact with a Hamden family and Hamden Police.

Bunny Rodriguez, Recchia’s daughter, and her uncle Frank Recchia, Peter’s brother and a reporter for News12 Connecticut, continue to work tirelessly in their efforts to find him. Rodriguez created a Facebook page Help Us Find Bunny Rodriguez’s Dad, Peter Recchia “Pop-Pop” to assist with the search. She also has held press conferences with Frank Recchia and made appearances on radio shows (see the latest interview at the end of this article).

Rodriguez said in a recent post on Facebook that leads that were developed and investigated last week turned out to not be her father. Peter was reported missing from Middletown on Oct. 2 and was last seen on State Street in New Haven at 4:56 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3.

It is believed that he walked from Durham around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 through to Hamden in the State Street area and continued into New Haven. He had entered a home on State Street in Hamden around 4 a.m. on Oct. 3. The resident found him downstairs in the kitchen and they talked before he left.

Police then found Recchia walking on State Street and the officer determined that he wasn’t a danger to himself or others and was told he could leave, according to Capt. Ronald Smith. The officer conducted a computer check at the scene and there were no active warrants for Recchia and the Silver Alert hadn’t been issued yet, Smith said.

A GoFundMe page has been launched to help Rodriguez with financial assistance in the search for her father. She has taken a personal leave from work, pays Peter’s rent and other family bills, while continuing her efforts to find him.

If anyone sees Peter Recchia, or has any information, contact your local police department.

For more information, visit the Facebook page here and the GoFundMe page here.