Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 08/25/1980
- Missing From:
- Missing From Bangor, Maine
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 05/25/1955 (69)
- Age:
- Age 25 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’2, 108 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Smith may use the last names Beaudoin and/or Clark. She has a tattoo on her left hand.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Patricia Smith vanished from Bangor, Maine on August 25, 1980. She worked at a bar (the Paramount Lounge) and was staying in a hotel room above it. Her room door was found open, but her purse was still inside. She left behind two young children and was about to move to Florida with her family.
Her boyfriend, George Gilks, is suspected of killing her. He reportedly bragged about it. Years later, Smith’s daughter received an anonymous threat confirming Gilks’s guilt. An anonymous tip also led police to search the property where Gilks grew up, but they didn’t find anything. That house is now gone. Gilks died in 2008.
Smith has never been found, and she hasn’t used her Social Security number since 1980. Police and her family believe she is dead. Her daughter is still searching for answers.
- Agency:
- Bangor Police Department 207-947-7382
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This person was missing Missing Since 08/25/1980