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Gary Earp Missing Person Case

Last seen in Saltville, Virginia on Jun 03, 2017

Victim Details

Sep 21, 2022

Oct 05, 2022

Gary

Earp

54

45

68 inches

280 lbs

300 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jun 03, 2017

Saltville

Virginia

Washington County

24370

Yes

118409

Smyth County Sheriff's Office

Marion

Virginia

Smyth County

24354

819 Matson Drive, Virginia

2767824056

County

Law Enforcement

http://www.smythcounty.org/sheriff/Sheriff_Info.htm

2017-00782

Smyth County Sheriff's Office

na

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/20/2026


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In June of 2017, the quiet woods of the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Saltville, Virginia, became the center of a baffling mystery with the disappearance of 45-year-old Gary Shannon Earp. On June 4, 2017, concerned citizens reported a Toyota pickup truck left running and unattended at a gate near the top of the mountain. Responding officers from the Smyth County Sheriff's Office and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries discovered the truck belonged to Gary Earp ...
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Last Seen: Jun 03, 2017

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