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Irene Gakwa Missing Person Case

Last seen in Gillette, Wyoming on Mar 04, 2022

Victim Details

Mar 30, 2022

Jan 28, 2024

Irene

Gakwa

36

32

61 inches

89 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Mar 04, 2022

Gillette

Wyoming

Campbell County

No

113336

Gillette Police Department

Gillette

Wyoming

Campbell County

82717

PO Box 518, Wyoming

3076825155

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.gillettewy.gov/city-government/departments/police

22-06184

2022-03-19

Gillette Police Department

4261

Black

Brown

Brown

07/06/2026


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Irene Wairimu Gakwa was 32 years old when she was reported missing from Gillette, Wyoming, where she had been living with her boyfriend, Nathan Hightman. NamUs lists her as missing from Gillette, with a date of last contact of March 4, 2022, and states that her phone was no longer pinging on the network. Other public reporting, including information attributed to Gillette police and her family, places the last confirmed sighting earlier, during a WhatsApp video call with her family on February 2 ...
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