MT MT - Gerald Dewall, 30, Kalispell, 26 Jan 1977

[Coffee56]

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DeWall, circa 1977

• Missing Since01/26/1977
• Missing FromKalispell, Montana
• ClassificationMissing
• Date of Birth07/18/1946 (72)
• Age30 years old
• Height and Weight5'10, 180 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. DeWall has a scar on his right shoulder and a tattoo on his right arm.

Details of Disappearance
DeWall was last seen in Kalispell, Montana on January 26, 1977. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.
Investigating Agency

• Flathead County Sheriff's Office 406-758-5610

Source Information

• Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse
• NamUs
• The Spokane Daily Chronicle

Gerald Leroy DeWall – The Charley Project

Missing Person Case

 

[glamourkitty1922]

Here is his missing poster

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Gerald...it's now been 44 years.

 

[YaYa_521]

Posting due to the location. Depending on where the decedent entered Flathead Lake and the exact location the skull was picked up by the boat's gill net, the lake is about 15 mins. (Somers, MT) to 1 hour (Polson, MT) from Kalispell. My thoughts are with investigators as they attempt make an ID and also with the victim's loved ones.

Human skull found in Flathead Lake Wednesday | FOX 28 Spokane
SBM
POLSON, Mont. –
...operators of a gill netting boat who located the skull inside their net while pulling it in.

 

[YaYa_521]

Flathead Lake skull did not belong to modern human
SBM
The skull found in Flathead Lake on June 23 was determined to be that of Native American most likely between 30 and 60 years of age. The report of the skull and the teeth state that "it is archeological, or historical in nature, and thus not belonging to a modern human."

 

[Diane Redfern]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Diane Redfern]

Edit.

 

[websleuth719]

Just found a snippet from the Daily Inter Lake newspaper out of Flathead County, MT about Gerald.

It looks like Gerald, also known as Jerry according to obituaries of his family members, was trying to sell his car in late October 1976. He was last seen in January 1977. Looks like he was living just outside Kalispell at the time. The ad, which ran for two Sunday editions, stated that the 1975 Bronco (essentially brand new) was "must sell"?

Did he run into money troubles? Maybe gambling debts, drugs? Did he ever sell the car? If he did, I wonder how he was getting around town in the meantime? Lots of questions still but interesting to see that something was brewing in the fall of 1976 before he went missing in early 1977.