Missing
Christopher James Gately
Gately, approximately 2012
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/21/2012
Missing location (approx) :
San Francisco, California
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 10/10/1966 (54)
Age at the time of disappearance: 46 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 180 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A t-shirt, jeans, a brown leather jacket with stripes along the shoulders, sneakers or laced ankle boots, sunglasses and possibly a leather necklace.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Sandy brown hair, green eyes. Gately has a tattoo of a one-inch wavy braid design circling his upper right arm. He is slightly balding and has significant body hair and possibly some stubble on his face.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Gately dropped his girlfriend off at the San Francisco Airport on December 12, 2012. The last time his family had contact with him was on December 21. He was known to be in Ojai, California but may have traveled to Los Angeles, California. He attempted to call his father collect on December 29, but no one answered the phone. He has never been heard from again.
Gately may be driving a gray and black Honda with temporary tags in the rear window; the tags expired in January 2013. Few details are available in his case. Santa Cruz County police are investigating.
Other information and links : ncy
Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department
831-454-7600
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
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