Missing
Billy Joe Gingery
Gingery, approximately 2001
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/07/2001
Missing location (approx) :
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/01/1974 (47)
Age at the time of disappearance: 27 years old
Height / Weight : 5'11, 170 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Gingery has thinning hair and various scars all over his body. He has tattoos on both arms and on his left hand. Gingery uses the aliases Bill Phillips, Joe Gongery, Erik Phillips, and Billy Weldon.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Gingery was last seen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 7, 2001. He has never been heard from again. He may have traveled to the Austin, Texas area after his disappearance, possibly with a male friend known only by his nickname, Mace.
Gingery is known to associate with squatters, people who move into unoccupied buildings without the owner's permission. It is unknown what happened to him. Texas authorities are assisting with the investigation.
Other information and links : ncy
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
225-389-5061
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
October 12, 2004. July 20, 2006; picture added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
