CA CA- Jack Irwin, 71, Upland, 13 Sept 1999

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Jack Irwin – The Charley Project

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Irwin, circa 1999

• Missing Since 09/13/1999
• Missing From Upland, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 05/03/1928 (95)
• Age 71 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10, 138 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A purple t-shirt and green jeans.
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• Medical Conditions Irwin has numerous medical problems which make it difficult for him to walk and speak.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, green eyes.

Details of Disappearance​

Irwin was last seen in Upland, California on September 13, 1999. He has never been heard from again. He vanished a month after signing over his financial assets, worth about $250,000, to two women, Marcia Ann Johnson and Judy Gellert. Irwin also signed an agreement to turn his estate over to them when he died.

Johnson reported him missing and told police Irwin took a train to Seattle, Washington. After his disappearance, she emptied his bank accounts, sold his house, and burned down his cabin for the insurance money.

In 2001, Johnson confessed to shooting Irwin and dismembering his body because, she said, he exposed himself to her. She later recanted the confession, but was convicted of murder, burglary, grand theft and insurance fraud in November 2004 and sentenced to life in prison. Gellert pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and testified against Johnson at her trial.

Irwin's remains have never been found.

Investigating Agency​

• Upland Police Department 951-346-2624

Source Information​

• California Attorney General's Office
• The Daily Bulletin
• The San Jose Mercury News
• The San Luis Obispo Tribune

Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated February 13, 2005.

 

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3986DMCA - Jack Irwin

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Korean War veteran, Jack Irwin was last seen on September 13, 1999, in Upland, CA.

He had befriended two women, Marcia Johnson, 42, and Judy Gellert, 51, and disappeared shortly after signing over access to his finances to them. The two women befriended Irwin in 1999 after purchasing his Mt. Baldy cabin. They began staying with him in his Upland condominium, but moved out before his September 1999 disappearance.

Marcia Johnson reported Irwin missing to Upland police October 3, 1999. She told police Irwin had boarded a train to Seattle, Washington, with $5,000 and a change of clothes, and was never seen since.

Marcia Ann Johnson confessed she shot Irwin in the back of the head, dismembered his body with a chainsaw and disposed of his remains at various locations in the Mt. Baldy area after she became upset with him, when she was arrested in 2001, but later recanted.

Prosecutors eventually showed that after Irwin went missing, Johnson drained his bank accounts, sold his house in Upland and burned down his Mt. Baldy cabin for the insurance money. Johnson was convicted of murder in November 2004. Gellert, who agreed to testify against Johnson, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property.

Irwin's body has yet to be recovered.

 

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Dec 16, 2004 - archived article from Los Angeles Times

https://archive.ph/DNZOG