ON THIS DAY: Gina Ellison Goes for her Evening Jog and Vanishes into Thin Air

Jennifer
2 min readJun 20, 2024

In 1990, Gina was 22 years old. She was married to Andray Ellison, and they lived in an apartment in San Jose, California.

Gina attended San Jose State University, where she studied accounting, and she was also a petty officer in the Naval Reserves.

Around 8:00 p.m., Andray said that Gina left for her evening jog.

Andray claimed that he remained at their apartment and practiced the bass guitar while his wife was jogging. When she didn’t return in a couple of hours, he flagged down a passing police car and reported Gina’s disappearance.

Authorities learned that Gina told two friends she planned to leave Andray prior to June 1990.

In October 1990, Andray was discharged from the Navy due to drug use, and in 1991, he confessed to two bank robberies. He was sentenced to 16 years and prison, but in 1999 he was paroled.

Law enforcement has stated Andray is a person of interest in Gina’s case, but no evidence has been found to lead to any arrests.

Gina is described as an African-American female, standing 5'1" and weighing around 125 pounds when she was last seen on June 19, 1990. She was 22 years old then and would today be 56.

Anyone with any information on Gina Ellison, is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department at 408–227–4141.

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Jennifer

Jen is the host of the missing persons podcast: "Where are they?”