Newspaper archives offered more: short notes from 1946 linking Moretti to a smuggling investigation at the Brooklyn waterfront. One entry listed him as “missing after questioning.” Another speculated that he fled the city. No follow-up articles ever appeared. The world simply forgot him.
Digging through public obituary and genealogy records, Walter found descendants —a son who passed away recently and a grandson, Daniel Moretti, living several states away. Heart pounding, he sent a careful message explaining he had found something linked to Augusto and sought to speak, if Daniel was willing.