Investigators Seek Tips About Missing Woman From Concord, Last Seen In Manchester In August 1999

CONCORD, NH — Twenty-seven years ago, Charlene Della Gagnon, then 38, from Concord, disappeared in Manchester.

She would be about 65 and a half today. On the anniversary of her disappearance, police in Concord are asking for the public’s help with the missing person case.

Gagnon, who also used the aliases “Charlene Kimball” and “Charlene Randall,” was about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighed around 130 pounds. She has shoulder-length, curly and/or frizzy, strawberry blonde hair. Gagnon was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, jean shorts, and flip-flops.

According to Lt. Thomas Yerkes of the Bureau of Investigations with the Concord Police Department, on the afternoon of Aug. 6, 1999, Gagnon, who lived at 58 Manchester St. at the time, went to Manchester with an acquaintance. When they arrived, she entered an apartment on Lowell Street. Later, the acquaintance went into the building to find her and spotted Gagnon inside. However, Gagnon reportedly fled through a rear exit door and down some stairs, Yerkes said.

“The acquaintance was unable to catch her and returned to Concord without her,” he said. “Additional information indicated that Ms. Gagnon may have entered a dark-colored pickup truck bearing Florida license plates. Ms. Gagnon has not been seen or heard from since.”

Gagnon’s sister reported her missing a few weeks later on Aug. 30, 1999.

Yerkes said Gagnon had “several distinguishing physical characteristics,” including a complete set of upper dentures, a tattoo of the name “Eddie” on her right arm, a quarter-sized birthmark on the back of her left leg, just above the knee, and scars on her lip, the left side of her neck, and three C-section scars on her abdomen.

Yerkes said the department thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division’s Cold Case Team for utilizing their specialized forensic resources to create an age-progressed photograph of Gagnon.

Investigators, he said, were asking anyone who knew Gagnon or had information about her activities or associates in either Concord or Manchester to come forward for an interview.

“No piece of information is too small,” Yerkes said.

According to court records, Gagnon had been arrested several times in Manchester and Hillsborough County on drug charges between the mid-1980s and the late-1990s. She received suspended sentences in some of those cases. In May 1999, Gagnon was accused of multiple forgeries in Concord. Four days before she disappeared, she was accused of acts prohibited in Manchester.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Paul Shaughnessy at the Concord Police Department at 603-230-4934 or anonymously provide information through Concord Regional Crimeline (603-226-3100), or submit information online through the Crimeline website at: concordregionalcrimeline.com, or text message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous.

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