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In the late summer of 1978, in Gastonia, North Carolina, a 36-year-old man named Joe Everette Ragan was living his life. On September 3rd of that year, he was seen for the last time at his residence in the 400 block of Gray Street. At the time of his disappearance, he was described as a white male with brown, balding hair and blue eyes, standing at 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing around 180 pounds. When he vanished, he was reportedly wearing a white shirt and grayish-blue pants. The circumstan ...Read More
Last Seen: Sep 03, 1978

Victim Details

May 05, 2011

Dec 20, 2023

Joe

Ragan

81

36

68 inches

180 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Sep 03, 1978

Gastonia

North Carolina

Gaston County

Gastonia

21516

Gastonia Police Department

Gastonia

North Carolina

Gaston County

28052

200 East Long Avenue, North Carolina

7048666702

Local

Law Enforcement

1978-310741

Gastonia Police Department

Brown

Blue

Blue

06/20/2026


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