Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 01/09/1987
- Missing From:
- Missing From Ottawa Lake, Michigan
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 29 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’4, 110 – 130 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Gail’s ears are pierced.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Gail disappeared on January 9, 1987, from Ottawa Lake, Michigan. She was having problems with her husband, Gary, and was in the process of divorcing him. She’d left her baby with her parents and gone to her home to get some things. She vanished, and her car was found abandoned 20 miles away two weeks later.
Gary was abusive and controlling. He admitted to damaging Gail’s belongings. Police found evidence in Gary’s van and home suggesting foul play—a cleaned van and a bloodstained saw. Gary was arrested for lying under oath during a custody battle over their son and later charged with plotting Gail’s murder.
Even though his conviction was briefly overturned, Gary was found guilty again and is serving a life sentence without parole. Gail’s parents raised her son, and the case remains unsolved, with strong suspicion that Gail was murdered.
- Agency:
- Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
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This person was missing Missing Since 01/09/1987