The image on the right is a picture of the Indian Head, nickle pendant, on a silver neck chain
The image on the right is a picture of the Indian Head, nickle pendant, on a silver neck chain
Name: Martin Alan Gentry
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 20, 1986
Location Last Seen: Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California
Date of Birth: October 12, 1962
Age: 23 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170 - 190 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Marty
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoo of cross with rose on upper left arm, Tattoo Horse head on right upper arm, One of his front teeth (tooth #9) was turning black at the time of his disappearance. Tooth #8 implant (pulled due to trauma accident)
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue sweatshirt, Brown cord pants
Jewelry: Indian Head nickle pendant on chain around neck
Additional Personal Items: Tan shoes, Harley Davidson baseball cap
Martin Gentry was last seen leaving his parents' apartment in the 10800 block of Coloma Road in Rancho Cordova. He received a telephone call from someone, changed his clothes, and then left the residence to meet this person. Martin has not been seen or heard from since.
Joseph A. Stanley, Martin's best friend, was charged with the murder of Martin after a witness claimed Stanley told her he had killed Martin in 1986.
Gentry was formally reported missing by his mother on July 26, 1986 -- six days after he disappeared and five days after a sheriff's sergeant got an anonymous tip that he had been shot. A woman caller told the sergeant that she heard Stanley say he was going to take Gentry out by the Boys Ranch in eastern Sacramento and shoot him. Stanley was angry at Gentry because he thought Gentry was pursuing a woman he was interested in. Stanley was interviewed by detectives in 1986 and claimed that he had been forced at gunpoint to lure Gentry out of his home, then witnessed Gentry being killed by the unknown gunman somewhere off Prairie City Road in Folsom.
In January of 1990, Stanley was brought to trial for the murder, however, the Judge declared a mistrial in the case because, after two days of deliberation, the jury could not reach a verdict.
Agency Name: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
Agency Contact Person: Deputy Sheriff Paige Kneeland
Agency Phone Number: 916-874-1751
Agency E-Mail: ckneeland@sacsheriff.com
Agency Case Number: 86-067001
NamUs Case Number: 7109
NCIC Case Number: M-604622127
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The Sacramento Bee
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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