Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 03/13/1976
- Missing From:
- Missing From Auburn, Washington
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 05/16/1938 (86)
- Age:
- Age 37 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8, 155 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A red t-shirt with the words “ATHLETE’S FOOT” in white lettering, a black leather coat with a fur collar and red and white checkered pants.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Gesler has a Cesarean section scar on her abdomen. She may use the last name Bagley.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On March 13, 1976, Gesler disappeared from Auburn, Washington. She told her husband and kids she was going to a hotel to study for a college exam, and would be back the next day. She was driving her ex-husband’s blue 1973 Mercury station wagon. She even kept a hair appointment that day. But she never came home.
Her car was later found abandoned in an Auburn parking lot. Police believe her ex-husband, Glenn Allan Bagley, killed her. They also suspect him in the 1973 disappearance of Althea Blankinship and her son, who lived in his house. Bagley moved to the Philippines after Gesler vanished. Although police tried to get him to talk, he always claimed he was innocent, saying he was building a cat house the day Gesler disappeared. His girlfriend initially backed him up, but later said he threatened her life.
Bagley died in the Philippines in 2016. Gesler’s case is still unsolved, but police suspect foul play. Kent police are investigating.
- Agency:
- Kent Police Department 253-856-5800
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This person was missing Missing Since 03/13/1976