Missing Person Flyer: Michael James Gaughan
Michael James Gaughan, 17 • El Paso, TX • Missing
Last Seen
1975-07-20
Summary
Seventeen year old Michael Gaughan was last heard from when he made a long distance phone call from El Paso, TX to his parents in New Mexico at 7:15AM on July 20, 1975. He informed them he had car trouble and would be home later. This call was made from a pay telephone booth. Two days later, July 22, at approximately 3:45PM, the vehicle Gaughan had been driving was found abandoned in the desert, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico. There was no sign of Gaughan at the scene. He has not been seen or heard from since the morning he called home.
Public case details
- Age
- 17
- Height
- 5' 7"
- Weight
- 135
Source Information
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Case ID: 4615
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