CA CA - Gail D. Skelton, 26, Galt/Stockton, 26 September 1980

[Al Ka]

Found additional images from Gail's senior yearbook. You can find those here.

Welcome to Websleuths Erineestevenson and Thank you for finding and posting these images x

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread...

 

[Stitches83]

Some of the info in the original post is wrong. Gail Skelton was not married, she disappeared 3 months after her fiance Pat Malone. Pat Malone was born Sept, 5 1949 and death is listed as June 19 1980. Pat Malone was in his boat when he mysteriously vanished. First the boat was reported by many witnesses as not damaged and nothing out of place. Later once his body was found the story changed to the boat was damaged and Pat must of hit a rock and was thrown from the boat hitting his head causing him to drown. Gail was born Jan 28 1954 she has been missing since Sept 26 1980 along with her 1978 blue two door Toyota. Gails headstone does not have an official death date it just says "Missing since 1980" Gail had attended a party at Herman and Helen's Marina on Empire Tract. Witnesses reported seeing Gail in a heated conversation with an unkown male before she vanished. It's also interesting to mention Gail and Pat were ardent foes again the Delta Tunnels plan. Also the Malone family had planned to open a resort on the Stockton Channel of the Delta, but was drowned in red tape by the Delta Advisory Planning Comission. Supervisor Norman Shumway voted against allowing the resort to be built claiming, "it would damage the fragile ecosystem of the Delta." I'm not usually one to jump to conclusions but "accidental deaths" I doubt it. Sure they very well could be and it's all coincidence, very strange coincidences.

 

[sunnynz]

Some of the info in the original post is wrong. Gail Skelton was not married, she disappeared 3 months after her fiance Pat Malone. Pat Malone was born Sept, 5 1949 and death is listed as June 19 1980. Pat Malone was in his boat when he mysteriously vanished. First the boat was reported by many witnesses as not damaged and nothing out of place. Later once his body was found the story changed to the boat was damaged and Pat must of hit a rock and was thrown from the boat hitting his head causing him to drown. Gail was born Jan 28 1954 she has been missing since Sept 26 1980 along with her 1978 blue two door Toyota. Gails headstone does not have an official death date it just says "Missing since 1980" Gail had attended a party at Herman and Helen's Marina on Empire Tract. Witnesses reported seeing Gail in a heated conversation with an unkown male before she vanished. It's also interesting to mention Gail and Pat were ardent foes again the Delta Tunnels plan. Also the Malone family had planned to open a resort on the Stockton Channel of the Delta, but was drowned in red tape by the Delta Advisory Planning Comission. Supervisor Norman Shumway voted against allowing the resort to be built claiming, "it would damage the fragile ecosystem of the Delta." I'm not usually one to jump to conclusions but "accidental deaths" I doubt it. Sure they very well could be and it's all coincidence, very strange coincidences.

It sounds like you're really knowledgable on the case. Do you live in the area? If you have a connection to the case, you can contact websleuths admins to become a verified insider which means you don't have to provide links from MSM to back up any facts that you share

 

[renaebri]

Just realized Richard West was located with his car in the water back in August in the same spot Gail went missing I believe. 43 years, I hope if her car was there it would have been able to be identified. There are two crossings on her way back to Lodi, at least 20 miles of water to search.

 

[Racerga98]

Just realized Richard West was located with his car in the water back in August in the same spot Gail went missing I believe. 43 years, I hope if her car was there it would have been able to be identified. There are two crossings on her way back to Lodi, at least 20 miles of water to search.

Agreed.
I live close to this area and there are areas of water that may have not been searched.

 

[Caring1]

There is a WS thread for persons missing along with their vehicles that were near water. I was going to suggest Gail’s case be added to that thread but unable to locate it.

 

[renaebri]

There is a WS thread for persons missing along with their vehicles that were near water. I was going to suggest Gail’s case be added to that thread but unable to locate it.

I think you mean mine, I do have her on the map! There's a website for it too in my profile to make it easier to find.

 

[Caring1]

I think you mean mine, I do have her on the map! There's a website for it too in my profile to make it easier to find.

Awesome. Thank you so much.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Gail Deann Skelton – The Charley Project

 

[sandy betts]

This girl is not in any MP sites or anything, but member J Rubio and I spoke before they made an account, and has been in contact with family, who say that there was a missing person's report.

What is known:

Gail Deann Skelton disappeared 26 September 1980. She was 26 years old. According to J Rubio, her car was never found - I will let them do most of the talking for this case.

Gail has not appeared on any missing persons sites that I can see, however, a family member lists her as "missing, presumed dead" on Ancestry.com, and there is a headstone for her that states the day she went missing in the Galt, California cemetery. Gardener1850 found a listing for her on find a grave, and has been diligently looking ever since.

According to the family tree as well as Ancestry.com records, Gail was married twice - one with the surname Brewer in 1973, div. 1974, and once in April 1980 (the year she went missing), to someone with the surname Garcia. HOWEVER. J Rubio states that there was also a fiancé, who I will refer to as P. P died under "strange" circumstances in June 1980, and Gail disappeared in September. How she has a fiancé when she was also married to someone is unknown - again, JR should do the talking here as they are intimately familiar with the case.

folieadeuxnola, I would really appreciate it if you could post the pictures you found of her from Galt High School on this thread.

Her find a grave profile is here: Gail Deann Skelton (1954-1980) - Find a Grave...

Gail has been suggested to Walker County Jane Doe and Arroyo Grande Jane Doe's threads.

I have emailed the Galt Police Department to see if there is a missing person's case that is still active, how to reactivate it, et cetera. Both of Gail's parents are dead, as is a sister, but according to family tree sites there are two brothers that are still living. I will also contact Dustin Driscoll to see about adding her to NamUs, probably, it depends on how the conversation with Galt PD goes

They are the same ones who wrote me back and asked if I knew anything about it, after I asked them if she was still considered a missing person. I want to know who was using Gail's info and renting a house between 1995-2004 in Stockton if she is still "missing"?

Any updates on Gail? I have a picture of a missing female who looks enough like her, to be looked at by those who have her case. Which department has her case, Galt or Stockton?

 

[Caring1]

Any updates on Gail? I have a picture of a missing female who looks enough like her, to be looked at by those who have her case. Which department has her case, Galt or Stockton?

Investigating Agencies​

Michael Knight, Law Enforcement​

San Joaquin County Sheriff​

(209) 468-4400
Agency Case Number 80-19349

 

[sandy betts]

Investigating Agencies​

Michael Knight, Law Enforcement​

San Joaquin County Sheriff​

(209) 468-4400
Agency Case Number 80-19349

Thanks, I have spoken to one of the detectives in Gail's case and sent them a picture of my missing girl picture, as well as a picture of the possible kidnapper. It has been forwarded to the correct investigator.

 

[sandy betts]

Some of the info in the original post is wrong. Gail Skelton was not married, she disappeared 3 months after her fiance Pat Malone. Pat Malone was born Sept, 5 1949 and death is listed as June 19 1980. Pat Malone was in his boat when he mysteriously vanished. First the boat was reported by many witnesses as not damaged and nothing out of place. Later once his body was found the story changed to the boat was damaged and Pat must of hit a rock and was thrown from the boat hitting his head causing him to drown. Gail was born Jan 28 1954 she has been missing since Sept 26 1980 along with her 1978 blue two door Toyota. Gails headstone does not have an official death date it just says "Missing since 1980" Gail had attended a party at Herman and Helen's Marina on Empire Tract. Witnesses reported seeing Gail in a heated conversation with an unkown male before she vanished. It's also interesting to mention Gail and Pat were ardent foes again the Delta Tunnels plan. Also the Malone family had planned to open a resort on the Stockton Channel of the Delta, but was drowned in red tape by the Delta Advisory Planning Comission. Supervisor Norman Shumway voted against allowing the resort to be built claiming, "it would damage the fragile ecosystem of the Delta." I'm not usually one to jump to conclusions but "accidental deaths" I doubt it. Sure they very well could be and it's all coincidence, very strange coincidences.

Thanks for mentioning the car color! I was going to ask if it was blue.

 

[Lwieckowicz]

I was checking out what would have been the way from Herman & Helen’s Marina to Lodi, there’s marinas, reservoirs, the Mokelumne River..there’s two bridges she’d had to cross..wonder if any of these have been searched/drained…