WI WI-Gary Paul Bergstrand, 41, Polk County, 23 Jun 2004

[ADKGemini]

Gary Paul Bergstrand – The Charley Project

Gary Paul Bergstrand

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Bergstrand, circa 2004

• Missing Since06/23/2004
• Missing FromMilltown, Wisconsin
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth06/14/1963 (56)
• Age41 years old
• Height and Weight5'7 - 5'8, 180 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA green sweatshirt and blue sweatpants.
• Medical ConditionsBergstrand was suffering from blood cancer and depression at the time of disappearance.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Bergstrand has the following tattoos: a heart with wings on his left arm, the word "Mom" on his upper left arm, a cross on his left forearm, the letters "GNU" on his right upper arm, and unknown tattoos on his right arm and right forearm.

Details of Disappearance
Bergstrand was last seen in Milltown, Wisconsin on June 23, 2004. He left his residence on foot at approximately 9:00 a.m. and never returned. He said he was going for a walk on the Gandy Dancer Trail. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[kelsie]

Blood cancer and depression oof. Poor Gary.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Updated 1/12/2022, still missing

Gary Paul Bergstrand

Gary was last seen leaving his home in Milltown, WI on June 23rd of 2004. He left his home that morning at 9am saying that he was going to walk on the Gandy Dancer Trail. Gary never returned home, and has never been heard from since. He was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and blue...

www.wimissing.org

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Photos from Clear Lake HS

 

[Pennysmom1]

Gary Paul Bergstrand​

Updated: Jan 12, 2022

Gary was last seen leaving his home in Milltown, WI on June 23rd of 2004. He left his home that morning at 9am saying that he was going to walk on the Gandy Dancer Trail. Gary never returned home, and has never been heard from since.

He was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and blue sweatpants. Gary was 41 years old and would be 57 years old today. At the time of his disappearance, Gary had blood cancer and suffered from depression.

He is 5'7" -5'8" at 180-190lbs white male with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his left arm of a heart with wings, on the upper left arm is "MOM", and left forearm is a cross. On his upper right arm is "GNU" and two other tattoos on his right arm that are unknown. Below is an additional picture of Gary.

Gary Paul Bergstrand

Gary was last seen leaving his home in Milltown, WI on June 23rd of 2004. He left his home that morning at 9am saying that he was going to walk on the Gandy Dancer Trail. Gary never returned home, and has never been heard from since. He was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and blue...

www.wimissing.org

 

[Pennysmom1]

Gary Paul Bergstrand - Wisconsin Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Gary Paul Bergstrand, Missing since June 2004

www.missingin.org

 

[Teamir]

Here’s a zoomed out map to give a general overview of location, near the MN WI border.

 

[mlhenn]

'It's like he vanished': Polk County man still missing after 20 years

This week 20 years ago is the last time anyone is known to have seen Gary Paul Bergstand.

www.wqow.com

This week 20 years ago is the last time anyone is known to have seen Gary Paul Bergstand.

Bergstrand was last seen leaving his home in Milltown on the morning of June 23, 2004.

Bergstrand was 41 when he went missing, and would be 61 today. The Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy group said at the time of his disappearance, he had blood cancer and suffered from depression.

 

[Keiri]

The Circuit Court access shows Gary was arrested for manufacturing, possessing, and maintaining a drug trafficking place in 1993. He plead guilty to the drug house and the other two charges were dismissed. Address given was in Centuria at the time. Aside from that bust, there's no other records I see.

 

[Keiri]

this is the only exclusion other than Virginia: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Doe network link: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=6267dmwi

 

[Keiri]

The is the southern portion of the Gandy Dancer Trail. As mentioned in some articles, they dont know if he went to St Croix Falls from his home in Milltown or took the longer road North to Danbury. We also don't know if he continued on through to Minnesota.

But here's where my personal experience kicks in. I've had blood cancer. There isn't any way in hell he's walking very far if he had it. Blood carries oxygen, and he'd be unable to walk very far and he'd be out of breath. I bet you dollars to donuts his remains are close to Milltown.

 

[Keiri]

Here's my new map with what I sent to the sheriff:
I was looking at Gary Bergstrand's case again with maybe a different eye than some because I actually have had blood cancer, like Gary. Most missing people that are found are found within 4 miles (and sometimes, if they are elderly, much closer) of their home. I'm shocked Gary even went for a hike. Blood cancer makes you short of breath and tire easily, sometimes it's even hard to stand up. Blood carries oxygen, so if you have blood cancer, you aren't getting enough oxygen to walk very far. I know Milltown area was searched thoroughly. I did an as the crow flies line map from Centuria to just north of Café Wren/Luck.

There were times, with blood cancer, I could barely walk across the street. So, I bet if you do find remains, it'll be well within this range, probably closer to Milltown than not. Also I don't know where Gary lived so I can't give you a more accurate map. Anyway, I hope that maybe people can look closely, and maybe find his remains either near the small lakes or ponds or really, anywhere within that range. I know it's been searched a lot, but it always helps to narrow down the most likely places.
(Gandy Dancer follows the route of 35 from Centuria all the way north to Danbury.

 

[Keiri]

I received a very nice email back today from the Sheriff thanking me and also saying he searched personally for weeks and couldn't find Gary. Jeez, so many families of MPs would do anything for someone that caring on their case.