Missing
Deborah Jean Gamble
Gamble, approximately 1997
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/21/1997
Missing location (approx) :
Cleveland, Ohio
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 06/03/1956 (65)
Age at the time of disappearance: 40 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7 - 5'8, 120 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Gamble has a scar on her left foot from surgical reattachment. She has scars on her left arm, abdomen, back, left ankle, left shoulder and near her left eye as well. Gamble's ears are pierced. She may use the last names Ganikle, Pollard and/or Saunders, or the alias name Diane Mason.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Gamble was last seen in the 1400 block of west 84th Street in Cleveland, Ohio on April 21, 1997. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.
Other information and links : ncy
Cleveland Police Department
216-623-5262
September 2021 updates and sources
Ohio Attorney General's Office
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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