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Martin Alan Gentry
Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: July 20, 1986
Location Last Seen: Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California
Description:
Gentry was last seen in Rancho Cordova, California on July 20, 1986. He received a phone call from a woman, changed his clothes, and left his parents" residence in the 10800 block of Coloma Road. He planned to meet the woman at a Circle K store and go buy marijuana. He has never been heard from again.
Gentry was formally reported missing by his mother on July 26, 1986, six days after he disappeared, and five days after a sheriff's sergeant got an anonymous tip that Gentry had been shot to death. A woman caller told the sergeant that she heard Gentry's best friend, Joseph A. Stanley, say he was going to take Gentry out by the Boys' Ranch in eastern Sacramento and shoot him. Stanley was angry at Gentry at the time because he thought Gentry was pursuing a woman he was interested in. Stanley was interviewed by detectives in 1986 and claimed that he had been forced at gunpoint to lure Gentry out of his home, then witnessed Gentry being killed by the unknown gunman somewhere off Prairie City Road in Folsom, California.
In January of 1990, Stanley was brought to trial for the murder, however, the judge declared a mistrial in the case because the jury could not reach a verdict after two days of deliberation. Gentry's body has never been recovered and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Investigators:
NamUs Case Number: MP7109
]https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/7109/details?nav
1543DMCA - Martin Alan Gentry
Martin Alan Gentry – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: July 20, 1986
Location Last Seen: Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California
Description:
- Date of Birth: October 12, 1962
- Age: 23 years old
- Race: White/Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Height: 6' 0" (72 inches)
- Weight: 170 - 190 lbs.
- Hair Color: Brown/Wavy/Shoulder-length
- Eye Color: Hazel/Green
- Nickname/Alias: Marty
- Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoos: A cross with rose on upper left arm; horse head on upper right arm. One of his front teeth (tooth #9) was turning black at the time of his disappearance. Tooth #8 has an implant (pulled due to trauma accident).
- Clothing & Personal Items: Blue sweatshirt. Brown corduroy pants. Tan shoes. Harley Davidson baseball cap. An Indian Head nickle pendant on a chain necklace.
- Identifiers: Dental records, fingerprints, and DNA available.
Gentry was last seen in Rancho Cordova, California on July 20, 1986. He received a phone call from a woman, changed his clothes, and left his parents" residence in the 10800 block of Coloma Road. He planned to meet the woman at a Circle K store and go buy marijuana. He has never been heard from again.
Gentry was formally reported missing by his mother on July 26, 1986, six days after he disappeared, and five days after a sheriff's sergeant got an anonymous tip that Gentry had been shot to death. A woman caller told the sergeant that she heard Gentry's best friend, Joseph A. Stanley, say he was going to take Gentry out by the Boys' Ranch in eastern Sacramento and shoot him. Stanley was angry at Gentry at the time because he thought Gentry was pursuing a woman he was interested in. Stanley was interviewed by detectives in 1986 and claimed that he had been forced at gunpoint to lure Gentry out of his home, then witnessed Gentry being killed by the unknown gunman somewhere off Prairie City Road in Folsom, California.
In January of 1990, Stanley was brought to trial for the murder, however, the judge declared a mistrial in the case because the jury could not reach a verdict after two days of deliberation. Gentry's body has never been recovered and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Investigators:
- Sacramento County Sheriff's Office: (916) 874-5115
Reference Case#: 86-067001
NamUs Case Number: MP7109
]https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/7109/details?nav
1543DMCA - Martin Alan Gentry
Martin Alan Gentry – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
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