Missing Person Investigation

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in a missing persons case from 1991.

On July 31, 1991, Andrea Jerri White (also known as "Chic") traveled from the Hoopa area to Eureka to complete errands. When she did not return home that day, her family reported her missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. Early in the investigation, detectives were able to locate a witness who gave White a ride from Guintoli Ln., Arcata, to the Blue Lake exit on Highway 299, from which point she had reportedly planned to hitch hike the rest of the way home. This witness was the last known person to have seen White, and there have been no other leads located to indicate her method of travel from Eureka to Arcata. White was never seen again and has made no contact with family.

White was 22 years old at the time of her disappearance. She is a Native American female, 5 feet tall, weighs about 110-115 pounds with brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She was possibly wearing Levis pants, a sleeveless white shirt and a black leather jacket, and carrying a black duffel bag with white trim.

The Sheriff's Office conducted several searches along Highway 299 from Blue Lake to Willow Creek. ATVs, ground searchers and a helicopter were utilized. White left behind several small children at the time of her disappearance.

The Sheriff's Office believes White's disappearance is a homicide and asks anyone with information to contact Investigator Mike Fridley at 707-441-3024.

Andrea "Chic" White posing for a family photo with her children before being reported missing in July 1991 | Photo provided by White's family