Adrianne Johnson: Matching the San Jose Records
Official records use Johnson and Gilliam for the same agency file; a later record is available in the optional final section.
Abstract
California’s Department of Justice lists Adrianne Johnson, also known as Adrianne Gilliam, with June 23, 1979 as the last-seen date. NamUs MP17769 uses Gilliam and lists Johnson as an alias. Their shared San Jose agency number links the records while allowing their differing descriptions to remain visible.1,2
Two Names, One Agency Identifier
California lists San Jose Police Department case 791749541, the name Adrianne Johnson, and the alternate name Adrianne Gilliam. NamUs uses the reverse name arrangement and repeats that agency case number.1,2 This is a stronger match than a shared first and last name.
Other search results concern a Texas disappearance, contemporary professional profiles, and unrelated people. None is incorporated into this San Jose paper. The alias does not itself establish marriage or explain why a particular surname was used.
What the Short Official Accounts Say
Both current official pages display June 23, 1979. California says she was last seen in San Jose. NamUs describes a nursing assistant working through a temporary agency who reported to work and was not heard from again.1,2 Neither short account names the observer or supplies an hour.
The employment account does not establish a complete shift, a route home, or a last independently confirmed location within the workplace. Those details require their own sources rather than reconstruction from the job description.
Descriptions That Should Remain Source-Specific
Both records list 5 feet 8 inches and 110 pounds. California describes blonde hair and hazel eyes; NamUs lists blond/strawberry hair and blue eyes. NamUs gives missing age 19.1,2 The eye-color difference is preserved without choosing one description as a correction.
California lists phone 408-277-4141; NamUs lists 408-277-8900 for San Jose Police Department. NamUs case creation is October 10, 2012, while its webpage displays April 12, 2021.1,2 Neither administrative date is another contact in 1979.
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in: begin a Research File in Almost Solved with MP17769, both surnames, and San Jose case 791749541. Attach each description to its source rather than merging the fields.
Can you find a dated agency clarification of the differing eye-color descriptions? A corrected identification record could resolve that field; the shared case number alone does not decide which description is accurate.1,2
As you examine the work account, can you identify what observation supports the last-contact date? A dated statement or employment record could clarify time and place without assuming she completed a shift or traveled a particular route.1,2
Show later developments and reported outcomes
A Dated Later Record
The California Court of Appeal’s August 14, 1991 opinion in People v. Johnson, H005433, describes Adrianne Gilliam’s disappearance as June 22, 1979, one day earlier than the current official profile fields.3 The difference is not silently corrected.
The opinion recounts a roughly 7 a.m. workplace arrival, being sent home for a uniform, and Clarice Johnson’s account of Gilliam returning home and leaving again. These are the court’s summaries of the evidence, not statements independently inspected for this paper.3
The decision records Gary Neal Johnson’s second-degree murder conviction concerning Gilliam and affirms the judgment. It describes a sentence of fifteen years to life for that count.3 This is a dated judicial outcome, not an allegation newly made by this article. No later legal disposition or present custody status is established here. The decision does not establish a recovery location.
The opinion was inspected in Midpage’s reproduction of the judicial text. Its host’s surrounding tools and commentary are not treated as court findings.
Scope and Method
The two populated official profiles and the reproduced judicial opinion were individually reviewed. The optional final section contains later material. Trial transcripts and underlying statements were not inspected. The dated judicial text does not establish later legal history or current custody; no additional outcome, recovery location, or relationship is inferred.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- California Department of Justice, Missing Persons, Adrianne Johnson, also known as Adrianne Gilliam, San Jose Police Department case 791749541. Original profile reviewed November 1, 2026.
- National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, MP17769, Adrianne Gilliam, alias Johnson, San Jose Police Department case 791749541. Populated record reviewed November 1, 2026.
- California Court of Appeal, People v. Johnson, H005433, August 14, 1991, 233 Cal. App. 3d 425. Judicial opinion reproduced by Midpage; text reviewed November 1, 2026.