Gale L. Coleman, a 42-year-old Black woman from St. Louis, vanished in winter with key facts uncertain. Official records differ on her last contact: the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System lists December 31, 2006, while the Missouri State Highway Patrol and The Charley Project report she was last seen at 9:00 a.m. on January 16, 2007. No specific location, clothing description, or companion has been publicly reported.

At the time she disappeared she was 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 120 pounds, with black medium-length hair in an afro, brown eyes, a gold front tooth, freckles, and multiple ear piercings. The missing person report was not filed with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department until June 26, 2008, a delay that has complicated the timeline and the investigation.

Very little is known about her last movements or state of mind. If anyone has information about Gale Coleman’s whereabouts, where she lived or worked, or saw her around late 2006 to January 2007, please come forward.