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Gail Skelton Missing Person Case

Last seen in Stockton, California on Sep 26, 1980

Victim Details

May 19, 2018

Apr 17, 2020

Gail

Skelton

71

26

64 inches

115 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Sep 26, 1980

Stockton

California

San Joaquin County

95219

No

36266

San Joaquin County Sheriff

French Camp

California

San Joaquin County

95231

Michael Knight

Detective

7000 Michael Canlis Boulevard, California

2094684400

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.sjgov.org/sheriff/phonedir.html

80-19349

San Joaquin County Sheriff

10673

Brown

Blue

Blue

07/08/2026


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Gail Deann Skelton, a 26-year-old woman from Stockton, California, went missing on September 26, 1980. That evening, she attended a party at Herman and Helen's Marina, a now-defunct bar located on the Empire Tract, southwest of Lodi. She was last seen wearing a blue plaid flannel shirt and jeans. After the party, she disappeared, and neither she nor her car, a blue 1978 two-door Toyota, were ever found.

At the party, Gail was reportedly harassed by an unidentified man described as ...
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Last Seen: Sep 26, 1980

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