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Toni Schiess Missing Person Case

Last seen in Palisades Reservoir, Idaho on May 24, 1980

Victim Details

Jun 21, 2015

Sep 01, 2023

Toni

Schiess

56

10

55 inches

65 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 24, 1980

Palisades Reservoir

Idaho

Bonneville County

83428

No

31603

Bonneville County Sheriff's Office

Idaho Falls

Idaho

Bonneville County

83402

Karl Noah

Investigations LT

605 North Capital Avenue, Idaho

2085291375

County

Law Enforcement

http://bonnevillesheriff.com/

GOR 80-0974

1980-05-24

Bonneville County Sheriff's Office

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

07/08/2026


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On May 24, 1980, a tragic boating accident on Palisades Reservoir in Bonneville County, Idaho, led to the disappearance of ten-year-old Toni Lynn Schiess, her father, and two family friends. The group was on a fishing trip in a fourteen-foot aluminum boat when unfavorable weather conditions caused the vessel to capsize approximately 100 yards from the shore, near the "Overlook at the Narrows" just south of Big Elk Creek. The water at the time was a frigid 47 to 51 degrees Fahrenheit, a ...
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Last Seen: May 24, 1980

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