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Smith,Georgia A.C.missing June 30,1999; Minnesota
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Georgia Ann Clock Smith


Above Images: Smith, circa 1999


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: June 30, 1999 from Champlin, Minnesota
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: April 2, 1923
Age: 76 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Smith's ears are pierced. Her maiden name is Clock. Some agencies may refer to her as Georgia Ann Smith. She has surgical scars extending from her chest to her groin, from the top of her left leg to her ankle, and on her right wrist. Smith wears eyeglasses for reading.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A black shirt with purple flowers and black shoes with a zipper on top.
Medical Conditions: Smith was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease prior to her June 1999 disappearance. She may be disoriented as a result of her condition. Smith is required to take medication.


Details of Disappearance

Smith departed from her son's home in Champlin, Minnesota at approximately 6:30 p.m. on June 30, 1999. She was planning to travel 125 miles northeast to her summer lake residence in Minong, Wisconsin. Smith was driving her dark metallic blue two-door 1984 Mercedes Benz 190D sedan with Wisconsin license plates numbered TXP-401. Photos of Smith's vehicle are posted below this case summary. Her car has never been located and she has not been heard from again.
Smith is described as an independent woman who lived alone at her summer residence. Her loved ones worried that she was unable to safely drive herself to Wisconsin as the result of her impaired mental state. Smith did not possess a valid driver's license at the time of her disappearance, but she refused to stop operating her vehicle. She normally turned the telephone ringer off inside her Minong property, causing her loved ones to have difficulty reaching her on a consistent basis. Smith was not reported as a missing person for three days as a result of the communication problem. Her children realized she had disappeared when they arrived in Wisconsin for the Fourth Of July holiday weekend.

A salesperson at a Radio Shack in Spooner, Wisconsin said that a woman resembling Smith's description visited the store on July 2, three days after Smith departed from her son's home. The sighting was not confirmed by authorities.

Smith's case took a bizarre turn later in the summer of 1999. An unidentified woman dropped a note off at a Wal-Mart store in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The message was addressed to one of Smith's grandchildren and claimed that she was being cared for by an unnamed individual who was unaware that Smith had been reported as missing. Authorities were unable to locate the woman who left the note and the possible lead was discarded.

Smith avoided driving along interstates and normally took smaller highways or country roads to reach her destination. Her family members are uncertain as to what route she may have taken to Wisconsin. Smith may have traveled through Cambridge, Minnesota and Siren and Spooner, Wisconsin, but the routes have never been confirmed.

Smith's son reported that his mother's behavior appeared normal at the time she departed from his home. Several of her children speculated that Smith may have become disoriented while driving and a fatal accident may have occurred. Forests, lakes and swamps surround the majority of the roads she frequently utilized. A detour also blocked a portion of Smith's typical route in late June 1999.

Smith has a shy nature and is described as being devoted to her family members. Her loved ones said that it is uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Her children believe that foul play was involved in her disappearance, but there is little evidence available to support any theory. Smith has relatives in Iowa and Illinois. She left behind seven children, twenty-four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren when she disappeared. Her disappearance remains unsolved.



Above Images: Smith's vehicle


Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Champlin Police Department
612-525-6216
OR
763-421-2971



Source Information
Minnesota Department Of Public Safety
The Star Tribune
ComPortOne
The Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Cherished Babies Nursery
The National Center for Missing Adults
Where's Grandma?



Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated October 19, 2005; Clothing/Jewelry Description added, distinguishing characteristics updated.

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May 17, 2007 11:09 pm US/Central

Families Hope DNA Can ID Long-Unidentified Bodies

Caroline Lowe
Reporting

(WCCO) St. Paul Minnesota has a bold new program to track down missing persons, and it is the first system of its kind in the country.

The program starts while officials at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension continue to hope they can match up the remains of hundreds of Joe and Jane Does with hundreds of missing persons cases in Minnesota.

Currently, there are almost 800 missing people and more than 250 unidentified bodies and remains.

The missing persons include Georgia Smith, who disappeared almost eight years ago. In their search to find her, Smith's family members have sent out thousands of flyers, held several vigils and asked the media for help.

"Every single day our family thinks about her," said daughter Pam Dekok. "She was driving her 1984 Mercedes and she was going up to her house to get ready for the Fourth of July weekend and she never arrived."

The 76-year-old Champlin, Minn. grandmother took off for her cabin in northwestern Wisconsin. Police never found her or her blue Mercedes.

"We believe that she's been murdered," said Dekok.

While Georgia Smith's family doubts she's alive, they desperately want answers, and hope to find her remains to finally say goodbye.

Unfortunately, they are among almost 800 Minnesota families whose loved ones simply vanished.

Those families include relatives of Bernie Hudalla of St. Paul. Bernie, who was mentally ill, has been missing since he left his family's home off 7th Street West 24 years ago.

"It is not normal for people to just disappear without a trace for no reason whatsoever," said Bernie's brother Greg Hudalla, who last saw him as he left the family's kitchen to go out.

"Any time a body found in the river we would always cross check to see if that person was Bernie," he said.

These two families now hope a new program at the Minnesota BCA may one day give them answers. They are working with local law enforcement to get every missing persons case updated.

The BCA has started sending out DNA kits to police departments across the state. They want DNA from relatives of missing people.

They're also working with local coroners and medical examiners to find out how many bodies or remains have been found and never identified.

Janell Rasmussen, the BCA official in charge of the program, is hopeful they will soon start seeing matches between the almost 800 missing persons and the smaller group of John and Jane Does.

"That number is close to over 260 unidentified remains cases in the state of Minnesota," said Rasmussen.

These John and Jane Does include a woman whose skull was in the Ramsey County morgue for several years after it was found in rural Washington County on the shores of Bone Lake in June of 1993. Police found her foot along the Mississippi River a few miles away.

The list also includes this man who jumped from the Mall of America parking ramp in February of 2003.

All the data from the remains is getting loaded into state and federal databases.

The families hope DNA they submit might match one of the unidentified people in Minnesota or around the country.

"To us, it is the unknown," said Greg Hudalla. "We wish we could have him back, one way or the other."

The other big development in coordinating the search for missing persons is a plan to get new missing persons cases loaded into the BCA and federal crime information data bases a lot sooner than in the past.

Under the new policy, the BCA will start collecting DNA, dental records and photos from people missing for just one month. Rasmussen said most people who take off on their own are located or return within thirty days.

Rasmussen hopes it will serve as a model and bring answers much sooner to the families of missing persons.
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Georgia Smith
10-year search for missing Champlin
woman
Published : Monday, 08 Jun 2009, 10:22 AM CDT

Champlin - It’s been nearly 10 years since Georgia Smith was last seen alive. The 77-year-old went misisng June 29, 1999.

She left her son’s home in Champlin, heading for her home in Minong, Wisconsin. Smith was driving a 1984 blue Mercedes four door sedan with a Wisconsin license plate number TXP-401.

Police have not given up on finding out what happened. Champlin Police Chief Dave Schwarze says, “Our biggest hope from this is that we can get some information from the public, someone will know something about this that will be able to help us out and bring closure to the family.”

Georgia Smith is one of the cold case cards featured in the deck released by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Smith’s family is also continuing the fight to know what happened. Smith’s daughter Pamela Dekok has been a family spokesperson since the beginning. “Every time I go into surgery, it’s like I can’t die yet. I have to find out what happened, I need to have that resolution.”.

If you know anything about what happened to Georgia Smith, you’re asked to call the BCA tipline at 1-877-996-6222.
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