Wealth, privilege and…going missing?

Famed Film Producer’s Son Vanishes Under Suspicious Circumstances | Missing #6

Adam Hecht, disillusioned with wealth, befriended a homeless person. Then, he mysteriously vanished.

Nicole Henley
Of Misdeeds and Mysteries
5 min readMay 25, 2018

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Adam Hecht: Searching for Answers

Adam Arthur Hecht was born on August 6, 1965, as the fifth of six children to famed film producer Harold Hecht. Up until his mysterious disappearance at 23-years-old, he resided in Beverly Hills, California, having grown up in an affluent lifestyle. At the time Adam went missing, he was working as a tennis coach. Notably, he also had burn marks on his right hand, of which he received following a strange incident sometime before his disappearance.

New Friendship

In 1989, Adam’s family started noticing a change in his behavior; he noticeably had become disillusioned with the family lifestyle in which he had grown up.

On January 10, 1989, Adam met with his older brother Harold for breakfast at a restaurant. It was outside this restaurant that the two encountered a half-blind homeless person. According to Harold…

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Nicole Henley
Of Misdeeds and Mysteries

Writer of true crime, unsolved mysteries, and marvels of history. Lover of movies, books, cats, and anime.