Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/20/1983
- Missing From:
- Missing From Millinocket, Maine
- Classification:
- Classification Lost/Injured Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 06/13/1929 (95)
- Age:
- Age 54 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’8 – 5’10, 240 – 250 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue windbreaker, blue jeans and a blue shirt, and carrying a blue knapsack.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, blue eyes.. Hoover’s two bottom teeth are missing.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In May 1983, Geraldine Hoover disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine. She’d traveled from Texas, unprepared for the challenging hike. She didn’t know the area, had little hiking experience, almost no money, and very little supplies. Park rangers wouldn’t let her climb Mount Katahdin because she was so ill-equipped.
The last time anyone saw her was at the start of the “100-Mile Wilderness,” a very remote and difficult section of the trail. She only had a small amount of beef jerky with her, not nearly enough food for such a long, tough stretch. The weather was bad – hot days and freezing nights with rain. She could have gotten dangerously cold (hypothermia).
Her sister reported her missing two months later. A big search found nothing, and no one else remembers seeing her. To this day, no one knows what happened to her.
- Agency:
- Maine State Police 207-941-4599
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 05/20/1983