News Release

Search underway for missing woman in Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Date: March 17, 2022
Contact: NPS Investigative Services Branch, 202-379-4761

Gayle Stewart was last seen on March 14, 2022, in the Bypass Bridge parking area near Hoover Dam.

NPS

US Park Rangers of Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) are seeking information from the public to help locate a missing Reno, Nevada woman. Park officials say 64-year-old Gayle Stewart was last seen on March 14, 2022, in the Bypass Bridge parking area near Hoover Dam. Stewart had traveled to the area to take photographs and did not return to her vehicle.

Stewart has blonde hair, blue eyes, is 5’08” tall, and weighs about 125 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt, black leggings, and black shoes. She did not have her phone or any identification on her at the time.

Though no further details for this ongoing missing person investigation are available at this time, information from other visitors is often very helpful to investigators. If you have information that could help locate Gayle Stewart, the park asks you to call or text the ISB Tip Line at 888-653-0009, use the online Tip form at go.nps.gov/SubmitATip, or e-mail us

You don’t have to tell us who you are, but please tell us what you know:

CALL or TEXT the ISB Tip Line 888-653-0009
ONLINE  go.nps.gov/SubmitATip
EMAIL  e-mail us
EMERGENCY dial 9-1-1

ISB: the Investigative Services Branch of the National Park Service
www.nps.gov/ISB