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John Gentry Missing Person Case

Last seen in Monroe, Michigan on Apr 12, 1983

Victim Details

Aug 13, 2015

Apr 30, 2024

John

Gentry

73

30

67 inches

68 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 12, 1983

Monroe

Michigan

Monroe County

17044

Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Monroe

Michigan

Monroe County

48161

100 E Second St., Michigan

7342407700

County

Law Enforcement

4765-83

1983-04-12

Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

09/25/2026


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In the spring of 1983, a 30-year-old man named John Kelly Gentry vanished from Monroe, Michigan, leaving behind a dark and unsettling mystery. His disappearance on April 12, 1983, was not that of a conventional missing person. Instead, it marked the beginning of a decades-long manhunt for a man linked to two brutal murders. The first victim was his 25-year-old girlfriend, Barbara Gerber, who was discovered stabbed to death in her Summerfield Township home on the same day Gentry was last seen. He ...
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Last Seen: Apr 12, 1983

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  • Missing Person / NamUs #MP29823
  • New image of murder suspect released - Monroe Evening News
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    Has anyone else noticed the strange connection between the dates and locations in Gentry's case? I'v... ...Read More
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    I was going through some old case files and I stumbled upon this intriguing detail about John Gentry... ...Read More
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    I've always found it really intriguing that Gentry possibly fled to Los Angeles disguised as a woman... ...Read More
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