Two women have gone missing just weeks apart from a popular Colorado resort, according to authorities.
Melissa Whitsitt, 34, was reported missing on Aug. 13 after she failed to show up for work at a resort in Winter Park, police said in a statement.
Whitsitt, who moved from Tennessee to Colorado for the job, was last seen earlier that day on Woodspur Lane.
Authorities said his phone was used by an “unknown male” to make several calls from the Denver area but it was turned off, the Denver Gazette reported.
“His debit card was also not used,” the police added.
On the same day Whitsitt was last seen, police also announced that 55-year-old Svetlana Ustimenko had gone missing several weeks earlier in the Deadhorse Trailhead area of the Arapaho National Forest in nearby Fraser.
Fraser and Winter Park are both located in Colorado’s Grand County, a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts with hiking and mountain biking trails, lakes and rivers, natural hot springs and ski towns.
Melissa Whitsitt, 34, was reported missing after she failed to show up for work at a resort in Winter Park. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office
Svetlana Ustimenko, 55, went missing weeks earlier in the Deadhorse Trailhead area of the Arapaho National Forest. Grand County Sheriff’s Office
Ustimenko’s rental car — a white 2022 Nissan Sentra with Louisiana plates — was located in late July at Trailhead, police announced.
The vehicle was supposed to be returned on August 10, Fox News reported.
Authorities said the two cases are unrelated and “appear to be isolated incidents with no threat to the community.”
Whitsitt’s mother, Cindy, shared another photo of what her daughter looks like with blonde hair.Cindy Smith Whitsitt/Facebook
Whitsitt’s parents arrived from Tennessee this week to join the search for their daughter.
“Like a needle in a haystack,” a tearful Cindy Whitsitt told CBS News Colorado.
The desperate mother said Melissa was thrilled to get a job at Winter Park Resort, a sprawling ski operation covering about 3,000 acres (4.6 square miles).
Missing person notice for Ustimenko.Grand County Sheriff’s Office
“He’s a live wire,” the mother added. “Always, he was very loud. You will see him or hear him if he is anywhere out there. Melissa, if you see us, call us.”
Meanwhile, officials on Tuesday called off an extensive search for Ustimenko due to a lack of leads after using drones, dogs and volunteers, the Denver Gazette reported.
He was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness and “struggled as he tried to cope and was drawn to the mountains of Colorado,” the outlet reported, citing officials.
Endangered person alert for Whitsitt.Grand County Sheriff’s Office
Anyone with information is asked to call the Winter Park Police Department at 970-722-7779.
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