Missing
Gregory James Wallen
Wallen, approximately 1998
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/31/1998
Missing location (approx) :
Fort Myers, Florida
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 09/23/1955 (65)
Age at the time of disappearance: 43 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 190 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Wallen rented a 19-foot pleasure boat from the Palm Grove Marina in Fort Myers, Florida on December 31, 1998. When he hadn't returned it by 5:00 p.m., the marina reported the overdue boat to the Coast Guard. Wallen has never been heard from again. Authorities believe he was with a woman on the day he disappeared, but there is no description for her and she remains unidentified.
On January 21, the unoccupied boat was found adrift in the Gulf of Mexico, about 53 miles southwest of Sanibel Island. There was no sign of Wallen at the scene and an extensive search turned up no sign of him or his alleged female companion.
Wallen had lived in Florida for about a year prior to going missing; he had moved there from Michigan. He rented a condo in Bonita Springs, Florida between July and October 1998. He rented a room at the Days Inn in North Fort Myers, Florida a few days before he went missing. Authorities noted his credit cards were charged to their limit at the time. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Lee County Sheriff's Office
800-780-8477
September 2021 updates and sources
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified
The Bonita Springs Banner
The Fort Myers News-Press
October 12, 2004. March 13, 2019; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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