Name: Gail Lorraine Joiner
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 22, 1972
Location Last Seen: Thonotosassa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Date of Birth: July 22, 1959
Age: 13 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 0"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair Color: Blonde/brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has a scar on her cheek and facial freckles.
Dentals: Available.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: jeans. No shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Joiner was last seen in Thonotosassa, Florida on September 22, 1972.
It has been reported that she came home from school, ate a sandwich, then left home to walk her pet raccoon, Bandit, on a leash. Witnesses saw Joiner standing near a white car parked on the edge of a work area, but nobody saw her get in the vehicle. She has never been heard from again.
Joiner moved to Florida from Michigan a few months before her disappearance. She has six siblings.
A suspect confessed to her murder and described the location of the remains, but a search could not locate her. The suspect recanted the confession but knew details only the killer would know.
Agency Name: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: CSA II James Lindberg
Agency Phone Number: 813-247-8000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 72M00001
Namus Case Number: 4632
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC775400
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 06-08-2022 - By: Admin
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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