Right: Age-progressions by NCMEC to 24 years (circa 2007) and 28 years (circa 2011)
Name: Amanda Dawn Gallion
Case Classification: Endangered Runaway
Missing Since: October 13, 1997
Location Last Seen: Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming
Date of Birth: September 13, 1983
Age: 14 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Weight: 100 lbs (45 kg)
Hair Color: Dark blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She has naturally dark blonde hair but when she was last seen it was dyed black.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Gallion's father reported to Wyoming law enforcement on October 13, 1997, that Amanda left for school that morning and didn't return Wyoming police assumed Gallion ran away from home with her 20-year-old boyfriend. She ran away from home two weeks before that, returning the next day.
Her boyfriend told police three days later that he'd last seen her at 07:15 the morning she vanished. At the time police suspected he was hiding her.
A few days later his car was found on the side of the road, facing the wrong direction. He was never seen again.
Gallion and her boyfriend never have used their Social Security numbers, which would have been active had either gotten jobs, credit cards or driver's licenses.
Agency Name: Gillette Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 307-682-5155
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 9713388
NCMEC Case Number: 840281
NamUs Case Number: MP6095
NCMEC
NamUs
Great Falls Tribune (MT) 9/6/00
Added: 4-7-2006; Last Updated: 02/14/2023 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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