Centralia police are hoping for tips on the whereabouts of Gina D. Schmidt.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
It’s been two years and one day since a Centralia woman was last seen, and police are once again reaching out to the public for information that might help them locate her.
Gina D. Schmidt was 48 years old and described as a vulnerable adult when police began looking into her disappearance. She was last seen at 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2014 when she was dropped off by a taxi at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
She had just been discharged from Providence Centralia Hospital at Cooks Hill and South Scheuber roads in Centralia.
Schmidt wasn’t reported missing until early May of that year and investigators found the situation at her apartment was her belongings were left as though she fully intended to return.
Schmidt has a history of alcohol abuse and medical issues including seizures, according to polIce.
She is described as a white female who is 5-feet 2-inches tall, weighing about 125 pounds, with graying blond shoulder length hair and blue eyes.
Centralia police say she was last seen dressed in blue sweatpants with a tan and multi-colored long polyester coat, and she had a white tube sock on her arm.
Any information regarding her whereabouts can be forwarded to the Centralia Police Department detective’s division, referencing case number 14A3683.
For those wishing to earn a reward or remain anonymous, they can call Crime Stoppers of Lewis County at 1-800-748-9268.
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For background, read “Centralia resident disappears after leaving hospital” from Thursday June 12, 2014, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Gina is my cousin. We are still searching and hoping to get the information needed to bring her home. If anyone has any information, please contact the police. Even if you think the police may already know call them anyway. There is a chance they don’t know what you do and could possibly help.
…I know and never hear any updates on Gina , I have spoken to many persons that did see her before she went missing …they have / or had information that may have helped in some ways, however the photo that was shown on Facebook …was not a likeness of her at her age …It may have been taken when she was several years younger …
The photo on the above would most likely be more as she was living here, where people would have recognized her . I lost contact with one person that told me she was in a nursing home with Gina .
There was a lady about a year ago went missing , that lived in an apartment on Tower Ave within 2 blocks or so of Gina …
The Centralia Police did have her name ..I do not recall ..