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Jack Gordon Missing Person Case

Last seen in Fort Garland, Colorado on Oct 02, 2008

Victim Details

Jun 18, 2012

Sep 10, 2019

Jack

Gordon

94

77

74 inches

230 lbs

235 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Oct 02, 2008

Fort Garland

Colorado

Costilla County

81133

22041

Costilla County Sheriff's Office

San Luis

Colorado

Costilla County

81152

Danny Sanchez

Sheriff

103 Gasper Street, Colorado

7196720673

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/costillacounty/sheriff

081-047

2008-10-02

Costilla County Sheriff's Office

White

Brown

Brown

07/19/2026


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On a crisp autumn day, October 2, 2008, 77-year-old Jack Nels Gordon, a retired teacher, left his apartment on Miranda Street in Fort Garland, Colorado. A husband and father to seven children, he was heading to a five-acre home-site he owned that was under construction. The property was located on the southeast end of Luke Road in the Forbes Trinchera Ranches, also known as the Sangre De Cristo Ranches. Mr. Gordon was driving his 1994 Chevrolet and was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, ...
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Last Seen: Oct 02, 2008

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