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Gary Mathias Missing Person Case

Last seen in Oroville, California on Feb 24, 1978

Victim Details

Mar 31, 2018

Jul 15, 2024

Gary

Mathias

73

25

70 inches

175 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Feb 24, 1978

Oroville

California

Yuba County

No

32148

Yuba County Sheriff's Department

Marysville

California

Yuba County

95901

Lyndsey Deveraux

Community Service Officer, Dispatch

720 Yuba Street, California

5307495116

County

Law Enforcement

http://sheriff.co.yuba.ca.us/

78-0534

Yuba County Sheriff's Department

10687

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/01/2026


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Gary Mathias, a 25-year-old man from Yuba County, California, went missing on February 24, 1978, under mysterious circumstances. That evening, Mathias and four friends—Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Ted Weiher, and Jackie Huett—drove to Chico, California, to attend a college basketball game. However, the five men never returned home, and their abandoned car was found days later on a remote mountain road in Plumas National Forest, about 70 miles away from their intended route.

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Last Seen: Feb 24, 1978

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