Mystery as mum-of-three teacher vanishes less than 48 hours after telling her estranged husband who ‘stalked and harassed her’ that she wanted a divorce
CONCERN is growing for a mum who vanished less than 48 hours after her allegedly abusive husband was served with divorce papers.
A lawyer representing school teacher Jeanine Cammarata, 37, from New York, fears for her safety after all contact was lost with his client who was eager to forge ahead with the split.
Eric Gansberg, who is acting for Jeanine Cammarata in her divorce against her estranged husband Michael Cammarata, said: “My greatest fear is I will not be speaking to Jeanine again.”
Michael, 42, was served with divorce papers last Thursday and Jeanine was preparing for a divorce-and-child-custody hearing on Monday over their three-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter when she vanished, reports the New York Post.
Mr Gansberg said: “It just doesn’t make sense to me.
“She was so eager to proceed. She wanted to be with her children. I cannot imagine her just walking away.”
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Cops quizzed and then arrested Michael after he admitted assaulting the mum-of-three.
He was charged with assault, harassment and stalking — although these charges were not related to Jeanine’s disappearance, the sources say.
Jeanine’s landlord José Perez said she had spoken to him about Michael’s odd behaviour toward her.
He said: “[She] once told me that he would follow her [while she was driving] with the lights off on his car.
“That’s terrifying.”
Mrs Cammarata was last seen on Saturday evening going to pick up her kids from Michael in Staten Island’s 120th Precinct.
Mr Gansberg said they likely chose the neutral meeting spot because “Jeanine had expressed trepidation, to put it mildly, about being around her husband”.
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Mr Gansberg said the Cammaratas previously had orders of protection against one another.
He added: “In fact, she said she left the marital residence because of domestic violence, although she didn’t want to remove the children from their home.”
Jeanine and Michael married on April 6, 2014, and separated about May 2016, according to one family member.
- A version of this story originally appeared in the New York post.
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