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What Happened to Karlie Gusé? Missing Person Case Update

Lina Portman3 days ago

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Karlie Gusé was just another teenager smoking weed with her friends. But later, that fateful night, she seemed to disappear.

Everyone remembers what it was like to be a teenager. Forced to study and follow rules, many of us felt an irresistible urge to rebel against our parents, teachers, and society in general.

Some of us simply went to proms while others were invited to parent-free parties where we had our first drinks, often lying to our parents about the details. Karlie Gusé was just an ordinary 16-year-old when she disappeared after one of these parties.

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Karlie told her parents she was going to a high school football game when she actually went to a meeting with her boyfriend, where she allegedly smoked weed.

But after a night full of strange and unexplainable events, Karlie mysteriously disappeared in the early hours of the morning. So what happened to Karlie Gusé?

Source: FBI

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What happened to Karlie Gusé? She disappeared on the morning of October 13, 2018.

On the evening of October 12, 2018, Karlie told her father and stepmother, Zachary and Melissa, that she would be going to a football game at her high school in Bishop, California. Fox News She reported that her classmates described her as “sweet and quiet” and that she was relatively well-liked by her peers.

It's no surprise then that she was given access to high school parties, which prompted her to lie to her parents.

But at that age, we all lied to our parents, whether it was about where we were going, who we were with, or what exactly we were going to do.

In fact, Karlie had a bad reaction to the weed she smoked at the party. Before that fateful night, friends said Karlie had already had a few adverse reactions to weed and was already becoming paranoid about being “tracked” by her phone.

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When she felt paranoid again, Karlie called her mother-in-law to come get her. However, she had already run away and Melissa found Karlie about a mile away from the party. After getting her into the car, Karlie was still acting strange, so Melissa took her home to calm her down.

According to Melissa, she sat in Karlie's room with her and accidentally fell asleep. When she woke up around 7 a.m., Karlie was gone.

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There are many theories about what exactly happened to Karlie Gusé, but she still has not been found, dead or alive.

Many missing persons cases can unfortunately turn into homicide investigations, but Karlie was not found dead. Or After Karlie's parents searched for her for two hours, they called Karlie's birth mother and the FBI to continue the search.

A few eyewitnesses who knew Karlie reported seeing her walking on a road that would lead her to Highway 6. Cadaver dogs corroborated this information, being able to track her scent to Highway 6.

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For this reason, police have ruled out any possibility of foul play on the part of Zachary and Melissa, despite theories that they were involved. Karlie's mother, Lindsey, continued Dr. Philto claim that Karlie died of an overdose and that her father and stepmother covered it up.

This seems unlikely, given the cadaver dog and eyewitness testimony, as well as the polygraph tests that Zachary and Melissa both passed.

In 2023, however, the case took a turn. A person matching Karlie's description was spotted in a small town called Tonopah in Nye County, about 100 miles from Karlie's home. Authorities even located a vehicle that may have driven Karlie from Highway 6 to Tonopah, but no further details about the vehicle, the party, or DNA testing have been found.

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Many believe that Karlie lived in a loving home and was simply suffering from drug-induced delusions. While this is rare with marijuana, it is entirely possible for people with a potential undiagnosed mental illness. At 16, Karlie's brain was still developing and she may have been dealing with an underlying illness she didn't know existed.

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Others believe the marijuana may have contained PCP or even methamphetamine, while others believe she was taking LSD instead of weed. Still others believe she didn't have the best family life and wanted to run away.

Melissa's Facebook Live call, coupled with a now-dropped domestic violence charge against Zachary, as well as the fact that they didn't take her to the hospital, seem to point theories in this direction.

Regardless, it's impossible to know exactly what happened until she's found. If anyone has any information, they can contact the FBI online at tips.fbi.gov or by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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