Eleanore "Ellie" Halverson

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In September 2023, 45-year-old Eleanore "Ellie" Halverson and her mother, Roxanne, drove to a mental health facility in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She was planning to check in for treatment. Outside the entrance, Ellie said goodbye to her mother and daughter, as neither of them were allowed to accompany her inside.

Roxanne expected she would hear from her daughter within a few days, once Ellie had settled in and was granted phone privileges. But as time passed with no word, a sense of unease set in. Then she learned that Ellie had never officially checked into the facility, and no one had seen or heard from her. Fearing the worst, Roxanne reported Ellie missing in Grand Rapids.

Then, on November 4, Ellie was spotted on surveillance footage in Northhome, MN. Ellie's family believed she was likely with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Geno. Police eventually tracked Geno down in rural Itasca County. He told investigators they had argued one night in early November, and Ellie had stormed off into the freezing Minnesota darkness. That was the last time he claimed to have seen or heard from her.

This November will mark two years since Ellie vanished. Her family is still searching, haunted by unanswered questions and desperate for the truth about what really happened that night.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Eleanor “Ellie” Halverson, please contact the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office at 218-326-3477. If you wish to remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or visit CrimeStoppersMN.org. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag Reward Fund tip program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information.

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0:00.0	She was wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans. And that was it. No boots, no hat, nothing that they remembered her with leaving in as what I was told.
0:23.2	Well, why didn't they report that when she didn't come back right away?
0:26.6	You know, just let someone you supposedly love walk off and freeze to death.
0:31.3	The investigator told me his suspicion right in the beginning of this is that if the story was true,
0:36.9	she succumbed to the
0:37.7	elements is what he said according to this story that he was told. And then he also said
0:43.0	in that same conversation, we'll find her. I've never not found anybody in 17 years. So far,
0:49.7	he has not found anything with Ellie. In September of 2023, 45-year-old Ellie Halverson traveled with her mother,
0:58.0	Roxanne, to a mental health facility in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where she planned to check in. Outside of
1:04.4	the entrance, Ellie said goodbye to her mom and daughter. Neither of them were allowed to accompany her inside.
1:12.4	Roxanne assumed that she'd hear from her daughter within a few days. Once Ellie had settled in and was granted phone privileges.
1:18.2	But as the days passed with no word, a sense of unease set in. Then she learned that Ellie had never
1:23.9	officially checked into the facility. No one had seen or heard from her. Fearing the
1:29.3	worst, Roxanne reported her missing in Grand Rapids. Weeks turned into months. Then, on November
1:35.4	4th, Ellie was spotted on surveillance footage. It was the first and only sign of her. Her family
1:41.5	believed she might be with her on-again, off-again boyfriend,
1:50.9	Gino. Police eventually tracked Gino down in rural Itasca County. He told investigators that he and Ellie had argued one night in early November, and Ellie had stormed off into the freezing
1:55.8	Minnesota darkness. This was the last time he claimed to have seen or heard from Ellie.
2:01.2	Nearly two years later, Ellie's family is still searching,
2:04.8	haunted by the unanswered questions, and desperate to know what really happened to her.
2:09.4	I'm Marissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 494 of The Vanished,
2:14.5	Ellie Halverson's story.
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