The Mysterious Disappearances of Four New Lisbon State School Residents

Jennifer
9 min readAug 15, 2024

**Information is obtained from the Where are they? Podcast and other online sources as cited**

The New Lisbon State School has housed thousands of people since its doors opened in 1914.

The facility went through a lot of changes over the decades, but it was always a home for developmentally handicapped or disabled children and adults.

The New Lisbon State School is located in New Lisbon, New Jersey. Records and documentation regarding incidents that happened there are scarce, including information on the three disappearances we are talking about today.

David Williams was 12 years old in 1975. He suffered from epilepsy and took daily medication.

Steven Anderson disappeared with David Williams. Steven was 17 years old.

Kenneth Schweigart was 46 years old in 1982 when he vanished.

All three disappeared from the grounds of the New Lisbon State School.

Where are David Williams, Steven Anderson, and Kenneth Schweigart?

Photo Credit: BurlingtonCountyTimes.com

This story is a sad one, and even more heartbreaking, is the lack of information on what happened here. When I first learned about this case, I…

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Jennifer

Jen is the host of the missing persons podcast: "Where are they?”