Reward for missing Appalachian Trail hiker raised to $25,000
By Rick Levasseur, BDN Staff
Posted Sept. 24, 2014, at 6:15 p.m.
Last modified Sept. 24, 2014, at 6:45 p.m.
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP, Maine — More than a year after a woman disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, her family has increased the reward from $15,000 to $25,000 for information that would lead to finding her.
Geraldine “Gerry” Largay of Brentwood, Tennessee, 66, was last seen July 22, 2013, at Poplar Lean-to after spending the night with other hikers, according to the Maine Warden Service. Largay, who goes by the trail name “Inchworm,” was planning on hiking that day to Spaulding Lean-to in Mount Abram Township, about eight miles to the north, but she never arrived there.
Largay was reported missing after she failed to meet up with her husband on July 23 where the trail crosses Route 27 in Wyman Township, which is located between the towns of Carrabasset and Stratton.
Several searches involving game wardens, state police, U.S. Border Patrol officers, volunteers from the Maine Association of Search and Rescue and others have occurred since, including as recently as Sept. 14.
No clues to her whereabouts have yet been found, according to the warden service in a Wednesday press release that announced the increased reward.
Anyone who has any information that can lead to the location of Largay or has information about other hikers or persons in the area of Poplar Lean-to or the Oberton Stream area on the Appalachian Trail last year on July 22, 2013, is asked to call Maine Warden Service at (207) 624-7076.
By Rick Levasseur, BDN Staff
Posted Sept. 24, 2014, at 6:15 p.m.
Last modified Sept. 24, 2014, at 6:45 p.m.
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP, Maine — More than a year after a woman disappeared while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, her family has increased the reward from $15,000 to $25,000 for information that would lead to finding her.
Geraldine “Gerry” Largay of Brentwood, Tennessee, 66, was last seen July 22, 2013, at Poplar Lean-to after spending the night with other hikers, according to the Maine Warden Service. Largay, who goes by the trail name “Inchworm,” was planning on hiking that day to Spaulding Lean-to in Mount Abram Township, about eight miles to the north, but she never arrived there.
Largay was reported missing after she failed to meet up with her husband on July 23 where the trail crosses Route 27 in Wyman Township, which is located between the towns of Carrabasset and Stratton.
Several searches involving game wardens, state police, U.S. Border Patrol officers, volunteers from the Maine Association of Search and Rescue and others have occurred since, including as recently as Sept. 14.
No clues to her whereabouts have yet been found, according to the warden service in a Wednesday press release that announced the increased reward.
Anyone who has any information that can lead to the location of Largay or has information about other hikers or persons in the area of Poplar Lean-to or the Oberton Stream area on the Appalachian Trail last year on July 22, 2013, is asked to call Maine Warden Service at (207) 624-7076.
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