Former teen star Joe Pichler missing and feared dead.

Former child actor Joe Pichler, who appeared in two of the “Beethoven” comedies, has been missing for a week, and relatives and authorities disagree on whether writings he left in his car included a suicide note.

Relatives and others joined police, emergency workers and tracking dogs in unsuccessful efforts to find Pichler, now 18, since his empty car was found Jan. 9 at an intersection above a narrow arm of water called the Port Madison Narrows in Bremerton, about 15 miles west of Seattle.

In the car was a note in which he wrote about wishing to be a “stronger brother” and asking that his belongings go to a younger brother, his family said. . . . . .Full Story