Missing
Sumi Gail Juan
Juan, approximately 2010
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/08/2010
Missing location (approx) :
Hoopa, California
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Native American
Age at the time of disappearance: 33 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 200 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Native American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Juan has a birthmark on the back of her left calf. She may wears eyeglasses. She is a member of the Hoopa tribe.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Juan was reported missing on October 29, 2010, but she was last seen sometime on or after September 8. She was last seen walking away from Hoopa Elementary School on Highway 96 in Hoopa, California. She left behind a young daughter and has never been heard from again.
Authorities stated they were hoping to speak to Robert Hodge Jr. and Debra Jealous-Of-Him, both Hoopa residents, about Juan's disappearance. Neither of them are suspects in her case, but police believe they were with Juan around the time of her disappearance.
Hodge is described as about 5'11 and 230 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and possibly a goatee; he was 35 years old in 2010. Jealous-Of-Him is described as 5'4 and 180 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes; she was 48 years old. Both are Native American.
The circumstances of Juan's disappearance are unclear. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
707-445-7251
September 2021 updates and sources
Justice for Native Women
The Rio Dell Times
The Two Rivers Tribune
October 12, 2004. September 2, 2018; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
