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# Cont. From Pago OneRocklinChico basketball game Thur-All five men are slightlysday nightMrs Sterling said they stop-retarded but are capable of fun- ped at the Mico Service Station.ctioning normally in public and she had her husband operate atsocial situations, according to gjg Colusa Ave . about 6pmtheir familiesThev have been friends forFrida vThey stopped at the station soseveral years becoming she could give their son.acquainted while working with William, 29 his allowance ofGateway Projects in \ uba City $15 §he said none of the fiveMadruga lives with his 53^ anything about plans tomother. Melba Gail Madruga. travel anywhere besides Chicoat 49 Montana Dr . Mulberry or RocklinMobile Estates in Linda SheMrs Sterling said her son haswas the first to call the sheriff s frequently gone home withoffice on Saturdasfriends and forgotten to call.Madruga w’as born and raised giving them reason to worry.in A uba County and was a but they woudl start calling hisgraduate of Marysville High c|osest fnends and find himSchool. He also attended A uba W1t^ one of them This hasn’tCollege and is an Army veteran happened for some time. MrsHe served in VietnamShe said her son said nothingSterling saidto her before he left that wouldShe went to Chico vesterdavindicate they were going anywhere besides Chicoto show pictures of the men toticket takers and securityThev were also verv excitedofficers who were at the basketball game on Friday, but noneabout playing in the basketball 0f them recognized them, shetournament in Rocklin. MrsMadruga sidsaidThe group frequently tookOne of the missing men. Ted trips to Sacramento togetherWeiher. 32. of 4639 Western an(j occasionally to Davis andAve . Olivehurst. didn't live farChico. Thev were avid fans offrom his friend, Gar Mathias. t^e Davis basketball team.Weiher attended Brophy and tQ ^ Qf recorcjing gameMarysville High Schools and is scores on a basketball scheduleemployed by Gateway Projects after each gamerepairing damaged cable forPacific Gas and Electric Co.They had gone to Sacramentoon Thursday to practice basket-They were all good friends. hall for the game they wouldsaid his sister - in - law. LindaWeiherplay on Saturday Mathias didWeiher and the fifth missing saicjnot go with the group then sheman. William Sterling. 29. of 90Toledo St.. Yuba Citv. haveThev returned home aboutknown each other for about10 30 that night and she hadtried to talk them into skippingseven or eight years and all five Chico game because theyhave been good friend for about Would be tired Herson.two vears. she said.We have no idea what-however. insisted on going because it was the last time thesoever, its just a strange Davis team would plav in the1 1 • • « « 1 « « 1 * 4 *thing. she said. He doesn't do area t^ls vearthings like thatovernightmavbe. but not four da vs She said thev were firstdiscovered missing when theyMathias is the newest mem- faijed to meet with others inber of the group, becoming front 0f a Marysville store onacquainted with them through Saturday to travel to RocklinGateways, according to hissisterThe five men are also bowlingfans and bowl regularly onMathias also attended Saturdays in Yuba Citv andMarysville High School and is often bowl during their frequentan armv veteran. He has beenworking for his father, in his sterling saidtrips to Sacramento. Mrsgardening business called KlopfEnterprisesSterling is a graduate ofGary has done this a coupleAuburn High SchoolThev have manv friends inof times before, his sister said, the Sacramento area, she saidand we'd find out that he wasJack Madruga is 5 feet. 10at his grandmothers in inches tall and weighs about 190Oregon. His family checked pounds He has brown hair andtherehazel eyes. He was wearing aSara Huett. said he is just white nylon jacket and plaidgrasping for straws trying to sjacj^sfind out what has happened toher son. Jack. 24. and his fourWilliam Sterling is 5 feet 10.friends160 pounds. He has black hairThev have never done thisand brown eves He wasbefore. she saidwearing a dark jacket and darktrousers.Huett lives with his parents atTed Weiher is six feet tall and264 Erie Road, Linda He works about -^0 P°unds He has brownat Gateway Projects doing cur^ hair an^ brown eyes. Heodds and ends, according to v,as weann8 *ongsleeved.his mother He has known the black and maroon velour shirt-others about three or four b^ue cor^uro pants and avears. she said.silver ring with TedWilliam and Juanita Sterlingengraved on itwere the last persons to see theJack Huett is 5 feet 9; 16.‘five men before thev left for the P°unds bas brown hair antgreen eyes He was wearing ,light blue I^evi jacket, a blue pnstriped shirt and dark blupantsGarv Mathias is 5 feetinches. 170 pounds He habrown hair and hazel evesclothing descriptionw aunavailable
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Marysville Appeal Democrat
Marysville, California, US
Tue, Feb 28, 1978
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