Gary Robert Nuetzel

• Missing Since 10/10/2024
• Missing From Costa Mesa, California
• Classification Lost/Injured Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 12/07/1944 (80)
• Age 79 years old
• Height and Weight 5'9, 140 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, blue eyes.

Details of Disappearance

Nuetzel was last seen in Costa Mesa, California on October 10, 2024. He has never been heard from again. On October 28, his car was found in the parking lot at Chantry Flat in the Angeles National Forest, just north of Sierra Madre, California. Nuetzel had an active lifestyle at the tmie of his disappearance and had hiked Chantry Flat many times before. Although he hadn't shared his hiking plans with his family or friends before he disappeared, investigators believe he disappeared while hiking.

He went missing only about a week after Chantry Flat reopened to the public; it had been closed for four years due to damage caused by the Bobcat Fire, which burned over 115,000 acres in 2020. Authorities stated the area looked "quite radically different" than it had before the fire. An extensive search turned up no indication of Nuetzel's whereabouts. His case remains unsolved.