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Sep 25, 2017
Jun 19, 2023
Gary
Gutierrez
65
20
70 inches
155 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the late summer of 1979, a young man named Gary Wallace Gutierrez vanished from the apple-growing region of Wenatchee, Washington. At 20 years old, Gary was last seen on August 1st, a time when he was employed at a local apple orchard. He was described as a white male with brown hair and green eyes, standing at 5'10" and weighing around 155 pounds. A notable physical characteristic was that he was slightly pigeon-toed. At the time of his disappearance, Gary possessed a Colorado driver's license. His plans for the near future included a significant life change, as he intended to move across the country to Maine at the end of that same month. Gary was known for his love of the outdoors and had a passion for backpacking. His adventurous spirit makes his sudden and complete silence all the more concerning to those who knew him. After August 1, 1979, he was never heard from again. The details surrounding his last known activities are sparse, leaving a void of information for investigators and his family. The circumstances of his disappearance remain a mystery, with no clear indications of what might have transpired. Decades have passed since Gary Gutierrez was last seen, and his case has grown cold, joining the list of long-term unsolved missing persons cases in Chelan County. Despite the passage of time, his case remains open, a lingering question for law enforcement and a source of enduring uncertainty for his loved ones. The Wenatchee Police Department continues to hold the case file, hoping that one day new information will surface to shed light on what happened to the young man who had his whole life ahead of him. The overview of this case is one of an abrupt and unexplained disappearance that has left a family without answers for over four decades.
Aug 01, 1979
Wenatchee
Washington
Chelan County
No
34868
Wenatchee Police Department
Wenatchee
Washington
Chelan County
98801
Jeff Ward
Detective
140 South Mission Street, Washington
5098884200
Local
Law Enforcement
17W18168
Wenatchee Police Department
Brown
Green
Green
06/24/2026
