BOISE, Idaho — Nearly three months after Gwen Brunelle went missing, another piece of her clothing was found - making it the third piece of substantial evidence in the investigation into Brunelle's disappearance.
On June 26, Brunelle informed her family and friends that she was headed to California on a solo road trip. She was last seen in Jordan Valley, Oregon, at a gas station on June 27.
The latest clue emerged on Sept. 22, when a helicopter searcher found Gwen's boots roughly 80 yards south of where the previous clue, her T-shirt, was found, according to an update her family provided on a website created to find Gwen.
The T-shirt was the last clue prior to the boots. It was found tangled in a barbed wire fence on Sept. 10. The shirt was roughly 1.5 miles away from her abandoned vehicle - which investigators had located on June 30, four days after her disappearance.
Timeline:
- June 26: Gwen Brunelle left Boise for a solo road trip to California.
- June 27: Last known contact with Brunelle.
- The last known contact anyone had with Gwen was at around noon on Tuesday, June 27, when she was spotted at the Sinclair Station in Jordan Valley, Oregon. She was traveling in a gray 2008 Honda Element with Idaho license plate 5WT6X.
- June 30: Her vehicle was found.
- Brunelle's vehicle was found deserted on Friday, June 30.
- Succor Creek Road in Malheur County, Oregon, just half a mile off of the highway.
- July 10: Police suspended their search.
- The Malheur County Sherriff has confirmed that the search has been suspended.
- Sept. 10: Two months later, a new clue emerged - the search for Brunelle is resumed.
- On Sept. 10, a T-shirt belonging to Gwen Brunelle was found tangled in a barbed wire fence roughly 1.5 miles away from her abandoned vehicle - which investigators had located on June 30, four days after her disappearance. The car was found deserted at Succor Creek Road in Malheur County, Oregon, just half a mile off of the highway.
- Dozens of Gwen's family and friends searched the surrounding area of Succor Creek, both on foot and by all-terrain vehicles. Horseback riders explored areas to the north, ATVs searched trails east of the highway and two miles south of Gwen's car - where her shirt was found at Dog Creek.
- The website stated that the newfound clue encouraged leadership of Malheur County Search and Rescue to resume search efforts. An organized search is presumably scheduled for this weekend.
Brunelle is 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 140 pounds, with brown eyes and medium brown hair.
"She may have wandered from the car or was abducted," according to a flyer her family and friends have been sharing. "She may present as disoriented."
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Gwen Brunelle is asked to call Boise Police at 208-377-6790 or the Malheur County Sheriff's Office at 541-473-5125.
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