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Jerry Armstrong Missing Person Case

Last seen in Hernando, Mississippi on Dec 23, 1977

Victim Details

Apr 05, 2011

Mar 24, 2022

Jerry

Armstrong

65

17

66 inches

145 lbs

Black / African American

Male

Dec 23, 1977

Hernando

Mississippi

DeSoto County

38632

No

9893

Desoto County Sheriff's Department

Hernando

Mississippi

DeSoto County

38632

Louie Hutchins

Detective

3091 Industrial Drive West, Mississippi

6624698027

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.desotocountyms.gov/223/Sheriffs-Department

860403Z

1977-12-23

Desoto County Sheriff's Department

Black

Brown

Brown

07/19/2026


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Jerry Lee Armstrong, a 17-year-old from Hernando, Mississippi, was last seen on December 23, 1977. That evening, he borrowed his brother's white 1973 Pontiac LeMans to attend a school dance at the National Guard Armory. Jerry, a high school senior and quarterback at Hernando High, vanished after dropping his girlfriend off at her home. Neither Jerry nor the car he was driving has ever been found.

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Last Seen: Dec 23, 1977

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  • Family wants answers in teen's 1977 DeSoto County disappearance
  • Jerry Lee Armstrong - The Charley Project
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