A Northern California mother who has been missing since New Year’s Eve was last seen walking along a freeway in her bathrobe – and may be suffering a mental health crisis.
Zoe Penrod, 39, was reported missing by her fiance on the morning of Jan. 1, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCOS) said.
The mother-of-one was last seen in the backyard of the couple’s Myers Flat home on New Year’s Eve morning, her fiancé Daniel Boyett, told local outlet Redheaded Blackbelt.
She had been in an apparent mental health crisis for about three weeks – ever since she stopped breastfeeding their 5-month-old son, he added.
HCSO later released surveillance images taken by a local business that appeared to show Penrod dressed in a bathrobe while walking on Highway 254, also known as the Avenue of the Giants around 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 31.
Zoe Penrod, 39, has been missing since New Year’s Eve. via David Boyett/kymkemp.com
An extensive search of the surrounding area — including aircraft from the California Office of Emergency Services as well as crews on foot — turned up no evidence, the HCSO said.
“We spent a few days in the woods off Highway 254 [the Avenue of the Giants] with our search and rescue team with no sign of Zoe. We have also received reports of sightings in the southern Humboldt county area, however, none have been successful,” Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal told SFGATE.
“We currently have no indication of where he could be,” Honsal told The Post on Friday.
“The sheriff’s office has suspended the ground search and asked the public to immediately report any findings to law enforcement,” he explained.
Surveillance footage shows Penrod walking along the highway in a bathrobe. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Boyett and others in Penrod’s life believe she may have been suffering from postpartum psychosis when she disappeared, she told Redheaded Blackbelt.
“[Zoe is] a sweet, sweet woman, and she is the mother of my child, and she is not herself, and she is not well. It’s scary, to be honest with you,” he lamented.
A week before Christmas, Penrod claimed that he heard voices imitating his own voice and that his friends were calling him out, Boyett recalled.
A ground search turned up no evidence, police said. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
He also stopped sleeping and eating, saying that he believed his food was poisoned.
With the help of law enforcement, Boyett turned Penrod over to a local facility for detention and evaluation for three days.
However, after a short break, he appeared to be on the mend, he told the outlet.
Those close to Penrod were concerned about his mental health when he disappeared. fairyjackie.vne.96/Facebook
The last time she saw him, Boyett said, he was standing in their backyard.
When she came home from babysitting, she explained, he was gone.
“It was too cold and wet and rainy for the clothes he was wearing. He was wearing a pair of my shoes that didn’t fit him. He had nothing with him–he had no cell phone, he had no wallet, no money, no food, nothing to my knowledge…,” Boyett told the outlet.
Zoe Penrod is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and about 140 pounds, according to authorities. He has brown hair and green eyes.
Categories: Trending
Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
