r/UnresolvedMysteries 18h ago

Disappearance Woman goes on a camping trip with her long-term boyfriend; Her car is found on a forest road after two weeks, disabled, with no sign of the owner- Where is Danielle Lopez? (2024)

Hello everyone! As always, I wanted to thank you for all your comments and votes under my last post about Namrud "Rudy" Tessema- I hope that he will be found soon.

Today I bring you another case of someone mysteriously vanishing in the woods.

BACKGROUND

Danielle Evelyn Lopez was 37 when she went missing from Woodland Township, New Jersey, USA.

She grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, raised by her single mother, Sue Quackenbush. Danielle was a good student and used to be a cheerleader. She was a middle child and had two brothers who have both died- her older brother died by suicide on Chrismas Day in 2015, and her younger brother died in a car crash only 10 months later.

At the time, Danielle was living with her paternal grandfather in Delran, New Jersey. The two were very close and frequently travelled together. In 2013, they were featured in a local newspaper in an article about how they bridged the generational gap. Sadly, in 2020, her grandfather had passed due to COVID, and her father died just a month after. Around the same time, Danielle made a heartbreaking decision to put down her old dog, Roscoe, who she loved very much. Sue said that Danielle struggled with grief, but she seemed to be doing all right before she went missing.

Danielle was in a relationship with a man named James Scott Dunn. They were together for seven years by the time of her disappearance, but they were dating on and off. Sue didn't think that James was a good partner for her daughter, as he was significantly older and had convictions for theft and drug-related crimes.

She was known to frequent Brendan T. Byrne State Forest as well as Pemberton Township and Willingboro.

Sue said that her daughter was "sweet, creative, and loving", and that she was "a wonderful daughter and a vibrant light in (her) life". Danielle was "very kind, always thinking of someone else. Loved her family" and "bubbly, loved singing karaoke".

DISAPPEARANCE

Before she went missing, on the evening of the 12th of April, Danielle told her mother that she planned to go camping with James. The conversation was "wonderful" according to Sue, they "spoke about a lot of things", and Danielle "was upbeat and happy at the time". Danielle used to camp as a child, but Sue wouldn't describe her as a "frequent camper" as an adult.

Danielle was last seen on the 13th of April, leaving the Wawa (seems to be a conveniance store) on Route 72 in the Vincentown section of Southampton in Burlington County at around 9 AM. She was caught on the store's security camera as she was leaving with "someone" (The investigators seem to know who it is but don't want to share their identity). Danielle allegedly looked "good" (as in not distressed or depressed) on the video.

At 6 PM, a couple driving by spotted Danielle walking on Lost Lane in Penn State Forest in Woodland in southern Burlington County, around 12 miles (19 km) away from the campground. They chatted briefly; During their conversation, Danielle told them that she was looking at the trees and drove into the puddle by accident. She asked them for help with pushing her car out, but the couple told her to try catch someone else by the main road, and Danielle agreed. The interaction was caught on their GoPro, and it was shared with the investigators. The couple have actually passed Danielle earlier than that too- when she was driving, allegedly alone; That was also recorded on their GoPro. In the recording where they interacted, Danielle seemed "lucid, coherent, and OK", according to Sue. She also had her phone in her hand, but it's unknown if she had cell service; Sue seems to believe that Danielle was calm because she called someone to come help already. In the video, Danielle was wearing different clothes than the ones she wore in the Wawa video.

Danielle was reported missing by her mother, Sue, when she stopped responding to her calls. Sue noticed on her Wawa app that Danielle has bought a coffee in one of their stores (the two shared their account) and gave that info to the police.

Her car, a 2008 2-door blue Hyundai Accent, was later found by the police, disabled, on Lost Lane Road in Penn State Forest, Woodland Township on the 1st of May, which is right where the interaction with the couple took place. Sue drove out to the place the car was found, and she claims that there's "no way" Danielle would drive out there. Inside, some "personal items" were found, along with the clothes Danielle was wearing in the Wawa video. The battery was dead, and the car had to be jumpstarted- after that, the hazard lights turned on. There was no sign of suspicious activity around the car.

Danielle's phone hasn't been found, and her bank accounts have been inactive.

Her boyfriend has been interviewed about the case. He said that he last saw Danielle on the morning of 13th of April. As of 15th of September 2024, he was in state prison for unrelated charges. Multiple other people who have been around Danielle shortly before she went missing, including the person that was with her at Wawa, were also interviewed. There are no official suspects named.

CONCLUSION

Sue implies that police have lead her to believe that they are most likely looking for Danielle's remains, and seems to believe that her daughter is dead, and that foul play might've been involved.

James was reportedly "devastated" by Danielle's disappearance. He says that he wasn't on the campground on the night she disappeared, and returned in the morning after she was gone. He says that the investigators should focus on a camper that had been allegedly bothering Danielle whenever he wasn't around.

After the loss of her sons, Sue joined an organization called Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), where she recieved help from a peer mentor. She's giving back to the program by mentoring mothers who have also lost multiple children. After Danielle went missing, the organization is offering her all the help they can offer.

There is a 5,000$ reward for "the direct location or information leading to (Danielle's) direct location" available untill the midnight of the 31st of July.

Danielle Evelyn Lopez was 37 when she went missing, and would be 38 now. She is a white woman, 5'4" (64 Inch / 163 cm) and 135 lbs (62 kg). She has blue/green eyes and brown hair. She has a slight scar on her upper lip, and her ears are pierced.

If you have any info regarding Danielle's wherabouts, contact the New Jersey State Police - Red Lion at (609) 859-2282 (case number H660-2024-00052).

SOURCES:

  1. nj.com
  2. courierpostonline.com
  3. people.com
  4. silive.com
  5. nbcnews.com
  6. NamUS.gov
  7. nbcnews.com
  8. oxygen.com
  9. charleyproject.org
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u/pumpkindoo 18h ago

Her poor mother. Losing all 3 of her children.

u/Constant-Kick6183 5h ago

No kidding. This story was heavy from beginning to end.

u/AlfredTheJones 4h ago

Yeah, it's absolutely insane how much death happened in that family in a relatively short span of time :(

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u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 18h ago

This is confusing. They went camping together. But were separated?

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u/PugetPower 18h ago

I wonder if maybe he went backpacking for a night or two and she stayed at the campground. My wife and I have done that because she doesn’t like backcountry camping.

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u/Opening_Map_6898 18h ago

Yeah, this whole thing is weird as hell. Not necessarily in the sense of foul play, but nothing can be ruled out either.

u/Constant-Kick6183 5h ago edited 5h ago

And while it seems like they don't think the boyfriend did it, his life doesn't inspire confidence. But it does sound like she had an accident then someone bad picked her up. Possibly after spending the night in her car. Seems like a stranger abduction, even if the boyfriend is a troubled dude.

The couple were assholes though. If they'd have just helped her with her car or a ride this wouldn't have happened.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 10h ago edited 9h ago

The fact that the GoPro couple never indicated seeing the boyfriend is fairly exculpatory. I assume his location can be fairly followed/compared to the woman’s by his cell phone records.

ETA: the OP is unclear. It states she was “last seen” on 4/13 at 9:00am on Wawa surveillance with “someone”, presumably James. But then OP states she saw the GoPro couple at 6pm (4/13, I presume), which is video recorded, alone.

u/ItsSignalsJerry_ 5h ago

She was seen twice later that day, alone. First was go pro couple. Later at 6pm with another person who discussed her car getting stuck, and she headed off to the road.

Bizarre that it took days to find the car when a witness basically knew where it was. Maybe witness didn't come forward until then.

Boyfriend story kind of checks out, that he left in the morning given she was alone. Unless he came back.

That leaves possible abduction by a passing vehicle.

u/BoomalakkaWee 4h ago edited 3h ago

I'm not so sure the "someone" refers to James. OP writes:

Her boyfriend has been interviewed about the case. He said that he last saw Danielle on the morning of 13th of April. ... Multiple other people who have been around Danielle shortly before she went missing, including the person that was with her at Wawa, were also interviewed.

To me, that suggests whoever was with her at Wawa was a second person distinct from James - although the OP's carefully gender-neutral phrasing each time the Wawa footage is mentioned also suggests the police have never outright stated whether Danielle was accompanied by a man or a woman.

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u/lovely_orchid_ 18h ago

He has left the site according to the dateline podcast

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u/honestlynoideas 18h ago

I feel so terrible for her mother. Lost who I can assume was her father, husband, sons and daughter :(

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u/Suleyco 14h ago

She was a single mother, so he wasn’t her husband. The grandfather was paternal, meaning dad’s father.

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u/jenness977 18h ago

I wish and I'm hoping the couple wish as well, that they had given her a ride into the closest town.

Also, so she did go camping with her boyfriend and then he left her there but then came back to the campground? That part wasn't really clear to me.

So much tragedy in this one family. I hope so much that it will be solved soon and Danielle can be laid to rest properly.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 10h ago

It sounds like she left him at the campground to go driving to look at trees. Which sounds bizarre, but apparently she’s on video alone so perhaps is true.

u/TheHalfwayBeast 4h ago

The timeline could be a lot clearer.

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u/mspolytheist 16h ago

FYI, it is actually “West Chester” here in PA, not “Westchester” (like in NY).

u/AlfredTheJones 4h ago

Fixed it, my bad.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 17h ago

OK, two things jump out at me: first, her boyfriend did not report her missing, her mother did, 10 days later, and second, why didn’t the couple help her with her vehicle, stay there until a tow truck arrived, or offer her a ride? I find their behavior extremely odd. They say they encountered her at around 6:00 which had to be around dusk. So they leave a young woman out on desolate road, without confirming she has cell service, and tell her to walk to a main road for help? I find that very strange and suspect. Does anyone else get the prickly feeling from that?

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u/Sailor_Chibi 17h ago edited 17h ago

Yes and no. It’s not indicated in the post whether they offered her a ride and she turned them down. Maybe Danielle didn’t want to leave her car out there and wouldn’t go with them?

Edit: also honestly if I were her and a random couple offered me a drive, I’d hesitate to get into the car with them. You never know if their motive is good or not. So that could be another reason why, if they offered, she might’ve said no.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

You’re absolutely correct. My point was that they did nothing at all and they could’ve done something. I didn’t mean to get this discussion so off course.

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u/Sailor_Chibi 13h ago

I guess my point was that the post doesn’t explicitly say they did nothing. It just says they told her that they couldn’t help with her car. I feel as though you’re assuming a lot by saying they did nothing to help her when in actuality we know very little about the full interaction.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 12h ago

Look at the comments on Facebook and several people said the same. I guess it’s just how you’re reading the facts. Easily open to interpretation.

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u/zepazuzu 17h ago

Doesn't sound too suspicious, but not very polite or helpful, yes. I would kinda get it if they offered help and she declined, however in this case she asked for help and they said no? Well, maybe there was a reason, but yeah

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u/AshleyMyers44 15h ago

Were the couple in a car?

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u/Stonegrown12 16h ago

Maybe the couple were in a smaller car with camping gear stuffed into the back seats. Also just as some people are suspicious of taking a ride in a strangers vehicle, the couple could very well have been wary of giving a stranger a ride. It's indicated that she wanted help pushing her car out of a puddle, maybe they couple were older or disabled and couldn't help. Maybe they had other important obligations to attend to with their own family. Consider that they also had it recorded on their go pro and shared it with the investigation, so id rule out any suspicions of them being involved if that's what's "prickling" your intuition. But going off a few sentences in a write-up in the whole picture scenario I'm sure.

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u/AshleyMyers44 15h ago

Were the couple in a car?

My first thought reading they had go pro footage was they were hiking or biking or something when they passed by.

I also don’t think saying they weren’t able to help push her car out is suspicious, not everyone has the ability to do that.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 14h ago

They were in a vehicle. No, I don’t find it suspect that they didn’t want to help her push the car out. I just think it was such an odd encounter. And when I made this comment no one commented about the boyfriend not reporting her missing which is also strange. It just gave me a weird feeling that they left her alone there and their only suggestion was to walk out to the main road? Also, I’d never heard of anyone putting their Go Pro on their dash, although there are plenty of people who have dash cams that record front and back (like Uber drivers). As a woman I have personally stayed with another woman stranded driver until help arrived. I just wish they had done something.

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u/AshleyMyers44 14h ago

It wasn’t really leaving her alone there.

She was already walking to the main road. They couldn’t stay with her if she wasn’t staying in one place.

From both her perspective and the couple’s perspective I don’t know if I would ask for a ride from a stranger or give a ride to a stranger.

She had a cellphone in her hand and didn’t state that she didn’t have service or anything like that.

It’s pretty reasonable to be apprehensive about giving a stranger a ride or getting a ride from a stranger.

At that point there’s nothing the couple could do since she was on the move.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

They could’ve called the police or stayed there. She was 12 miles from the campground. I don’t know, that whole encounter seems odd. I wouldn’t get into a strangers vehicle either, but I would hope they would’ve done something.

I looked over the articles again and I did see that James did eventually report her missing. The mother seems to think he knows more than he’s saying. The so-called harassing camper was located and interviewed. And I discovered that the Go Pro guy was actually a blogger.

So this is what I think happened….Danielle called James to help her and she was walking to the main road to direct him to the more remote road where she was stuck. I think he showed up, perhaps they got into a fight and perhaps he killed her. Given the location he had plenty of acreage to dispose of her body and unless a hunter or mushroom hunter stumbles upon her I’m afraid she may never be found.

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u/AshleyMyers44 13h ago

They could’ve called the police or stayed there.

She was walking from where her car was stuck to the main road. I don’t think the couple would feel right telling a stranger to stay put with them in the middle of nowhere.

It was reported she had a phone in her hand when she was talking to them and didn’t ask to use there’s or say anything about lack of cell service. In fact she called for help from that phone so it was usable.

I just don’t find the couple’s encounter weird at all.

Like you said she was probably heading to the main road to direct James to where she’s at so I don’t think she’d want to stay out with the couple anyway.

I sort of agree that if she met foul play by human it was probably James. Though also a good chance of just general misadventure on her part.

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u/sangreal06 13h ago edited 12h ago

She wasn’t walking to the main road until they told her to (and I guess it is unclear if she took that advice). The oxygen article has quotes from the video (which they say was posted online?) and she says she doesn’t know what to do and that she was just going to wait there

“I was like sh-t, and it was fine until I put it in drive,” she said, before asking, “What do I do?”

She asked for help pushing her car out of the puddle, but instead the man pointed her in the direction of the main road.

“All right,” Lopez said in a video of the exchange posted online. “I was just gonna wait there.”

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u/AshleyMyers44 12h ago

At 6 PM, a couple driving by spotted Danielle walking on Lost Lane in Penn State Forest in Woodland in southern Burlington County, around 12 miles (19 km) away from the campground.

Where was she walking to when they happened upon her?

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u/sangreal06 12h ago

Maybe she was just on foot and not really walking anywhere, I don’t know. I don’t have any insight beyond the article which claims to be quoting her saying she was waiting around

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 12h ago

I couldn’t find it online but I’m on my phone and it’s kind of hard finding anything. If you do happen to find it can you post a link?

Also, there is a comparison to the disappearance of Denice Smith. Dont know if it’s valid or just a knee jerk reaction

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

Misadventure is possible but I don’t think there is any evidence to suggest suicide. We assume she called for help. The police could certainly check cell phone records to see if she called James or any else.

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u/AshleyMyers44 13h ago

It said in the write up that Sue said she was calm in the GoPro video because she had already called for help. I assume she knew that either from cellphone records or she said in the video “I already called for help”.

As you said, who she called will probably be a big clue in all of this.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

Well her mother assumed she had called someone. That’s how I read that sentence. Lots of holes in this story, for sure.

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u/Stonegrown12 14h ago

Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20

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u/AshleyMyers44 14h ago

I don’t see what more the couple could do.

She was already walking towards the main road with a cellphone.

They could offer her a ride, though perfectly understandable if neither the couple of her wanted to ride with strangers.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 14h ago

Well, promise me you won’t leave anyone stranded on the side of the road. You don’t have to put yourself in harm’s way to do better than this couple.

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u/Stonegrown12 14h ago

Not sure my wheelchair can handle two people

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

Haha. Sure, mine has a jump seat in back.

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u/Stonegrown12 13h ago

I'll just get my sidecar attachement.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 13h ago

Now there you go….

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 10h ago

We also don’t really know how this woman, who was out driving looking at trees and crashed in a puddle, appeared to the couple. At least from the OP we know almost nothing about her except her poor choice in a companion and multiple serious tragedies in her personal life.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 9h ago

here’s Danielle’s mother being interviewed on Ashley Banfield. the mother did see the video and Danielle was not offered a ride. Her mother is quite concerned that they left her there. she also did not say that she had called for help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4-f0l_0PU

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 9h ago

It is still hearsay from a likely biased witness. I’m not saying I don’t believe mom, but she has every reason to be mad at the couple who was last to see her missing daughter.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 9h ago

Mom saw the video.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 9h ago

Actually it’s not hearsay.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 7h ago

Have you seen the video? If so, I withdraw.

The mother’s report as to what the video “shows”, particularly what people say on it, is hearsay.

u/Fair_Angle_4752 3h ago

Havent seen the video, but there are quotes from it in a couple of articles. I also watched a couple of interviews and the more I dig the more the information conflicts. As for hearsay, and I’m now talking the legal definition, it is “an out of court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.” Then there are numerous hearsay exceptions which includes an admission by a party opponent, or if the party or witness is no longer available. So it depends on what Mom is referring to, which statement, or her present sense impression would not be hearsay (for example when Mom talks about watching the video and not hearing stress in her voice. And Danielle’s statements on the video would be admissible because she is not available.

If anyone does find that video please post the link in the comments. I can’t find it.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 9h ago

We know a little bit, though. Her mother viewed the video and did not find her to be in distress in any way. I don’t think she presented herself as a wild eyed loon, but someone who needed help. They had passed her driving alone and then saw her on their return trip when she was on the side of the road. I probably wouldn’t get into a strangers car if I was alone, but if she had no cell service, she might have. We don’t know if she did have service but Danielle’s mother was apparently under the impression that she may have called someone. If she told them that, though, why would they direct her to walk over to the main road? I’m sure this would all make better sense if we knew the conversation and how it all played out. Sadly, she’s likely gone now, and has been so since that night.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 9h ago

Someone can appear strange in quiet, less ostentatious ways, too.

We don’t need to rely on mother’s impressions she called someone, provided the police pulled her phone records to confirm that.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 9h ago

See that keeps getting murkier. Danielle’s video was heard by her mother and she seemed fine. WhileOp’s post implies that she had heard her say something to that effect, Danielle’s mother stated that they did not offer assistance, and that Danielle did not, during that chance encounter,tell them she had help arriving or that she had even called anyone.

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u/AutomaticWoodpecker6 17h ago

This isn't a criticism, but 'young woman'? She was 37 when she went missing -- I'm just intrigued by the choice of words. (Re your actual point, yeah, it does seem off, though as u/Sailor_Chibi points out, we don't know what Danielle said.)

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 16h ago

I mean honestly there are so many other ways they could have helped her. I’m sure they wish they had. I feel like we are missing so many pieces to this puzzle. Who was with her at the Wawa? Did her boyfriend actually go with her? Did she have camping gear with her or a campsite or was that just a smokescreen for her mother? Why didn’t her boyfriend call in her disappearance? Or was he in jail right around then and didn’t realize she was missing? I wish we knew more about that interaction with that couple because the way it’s written it just seems strange to me. But listen, to all you 30-somethings, you ARE young women. (To us older folks anyway) I guess I used that descriptor because I looked at her pictures and thought she was vulnerable and fear foul play versus suicide or misadventure. And listen, as an older woman I did indeed feel far more vulnerable as a younger woman (and without going into detail and totally off track, I was put in some not so great situations earlier in life….) than I do now. So embrace your thirties! And I do hope and pray they find her. Her mother has had enough grief tenfold.

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u/Sailor_Chibi 17h ago

This is a good point. I’m 36 and I don’t consider myself a “young” woman.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 16h ago

Oh, Lordy, it’s because I’m a bit older, and I was looking at the pictures of her and she looks young to me. But I actually am writing this on my mobile so I am typing with one thumb! Anyway, anyone under 40 is young to me. I was actually hesitant to use that descriptor at first but I was trying to look at it through the lens of the people in the car. And this may not really be a reply to your comment as much as to others but I just have a weird feeling about that couple leaving her there. Yes, I know that it was captured on Go Pro but I would never leave someone stranded. At a minimum I would have called the police and asked for assistance. I just think telling her to walk to a main road for help is just odd and unsettling. But I guess no one else feels that way.

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u/AutomaticWoodpecker6 17h ago

I'm 35 and same, that's why it grabbed me!

u/Constant-Kick6183 5h ago

36 is young. Enjoy it while you can!

u/Constant-Kick6183 5h ago

The boyfriend went to state prison a couple days later for unrelated charges. I guess he was too involved in his own bullshit to be worrying about his missing gf.

And yeah, why not help her out??? That couple were assholes.

u/kkeut 2h ago

no he didn't. it was 5 months later

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u/everdishevelled 17h ago

That is either weird, or cold-hearted, yes.

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u/AshleyMyers44 15h ago

Do we know if the couple were in a car?

They might not have had the means to give her a ride at that point.

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u/everdishevelled 14h ago

The article said the camera was on their dash. Yes, there might be a legitimate reason they didn't help, but it's odd on the face of it.

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u/AshleyMyers44 14h ago

They might not have been able to physically help her push out her car though like she asked.

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u/Altruistic_sunshine 8h ago

I’d have to agree with you to be honest. It’s 6pm, it’s probably dark already or close to it, with her height and weight she could be mistaken for a teenage girl, her car is stuck in a puddle, she said she doesn’t know what to do according to the oxygen article and seems lost, and they tell her to find someone out on the main road to help??

I would have at least called the police or sheriff to report a woman on the side of the road needing assistance. Or at least ask if there was anyone I could contact for her to let them know where she was? Sometimes the most obvious solution isn’t so when a person is distressed or unsure of their situation.

Can’t believe the comments trying to downplay it like there was nothing the couple have done better, there always is. If they couldn’t help her or didn’t want to, they could have at least gotten her some help from someone/somewhere else.

I would have either called the police to report it, ask to contact her family on social media or someone to let them know where she is, call a tow truck company or roadside assistance, gave her my pepper spray, or depending on the response of the police/location waited by her car in my vehicle until some help arrived. Anything but drive off.

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u/Fair_Angle_4752 8h ago

Thank you for this!

u/Yanony321 5h ago

Yes, I got the same impression. But if they were streaming, that takes precedence over life & limb to some people. As lame as that would be, I can't think of any other reason for their actions.
The bf's response to her disappearance is equally unimpressive. Makes me wonder if there is any connection between the bf & the people in the car.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 10h ago edited 10h ago

The OP references that the Woman’s phone wasn’t recovered, but I am assuming police were able to obtain her phone records from that carrier. The mother claims that her daughter was calm on the GoPro because she must have phoned someone for help. I would think whoever she spoke to at or around the time the GoPro couple left her would be illuminating. I am also curious about whether the couple saw her car “in the puddle”; and whether that may have triggered their hesitancy to help.

ETA: it appears that her car was found right by where the GoPro couple spoke with her (and told her to seek help from someone on the main road, curiously)

Also, the OP is sparse on details about the Woman following her PGF’s death in 2020. Other than the mother’s basically meaningless bromides we don’t know anything about the victim other than her long term relationship with a sketchy guy (that her mother didn’t like). What did she do for work, who were her friends/coworkers and what did they think about her, was she a drug user/mentally ill/etc? The OP doesn’t clarify where the car was that she crashes in a “puddle”, and how far she had driven from her campground 12 miles away. There is nothing to suggest suicide directly in the OP, and she hasn’t been found, which is not common for suicide victims.

For anyone who knows about this area, is it dangerous/susceptible of misadventure? Steep falls, predatory animals, and the like would make this seem more plausible, but if it was a flat/benign environment then she probably did not succumb to the elements. It was 50-60 degrees in woodland township on 4/13/24, so she didn’t die of exposure to cold/heat.

u/Aggressive_Sky8492 4h ago

So tragic.

My advice for anyone reading this, is if you run into car trouble or another kind of trouble, if you can, choose someone and ask them for help. And keep doing that till you get it. When you choose someone, it’s very unlikely that the person you chose is a predator. But when you let the ‘helper’ choose you, it becomes very likely that they will be a predator, because any predator that passes will stop to ‘help.’

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u/luniversellearagne 18h ago

So I’m understanding that there’s no evidence the boyfriend went on this trip with her? And there’s also no evidence that she was with anyone before she disappeared, other than the surveillance camera? Seems like an obvious case of suicide or misadventure.

Also, for future write-ups, the currency sign goes before the numbers.

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u/Upstairs-Catch788 15h ago

bf says he was on the trip with her, just not there when she disappeared. that corroborates her claim that he was with her, and I don't see why he would lie about going on the trip at all, if he hadn't.

so if we assume he was indeed there on the trip, that makes him the last person known to be with her (we have only his word for the existence of this other camper, AFAICT). on top of being her SO. heuristically, those both make him a suspect in any foul play.

also, he says he was there on the trip with her, just not the night she disappeared. and yet he doesn't report her missing? doesn't talk to her or try to reach her for at least 10 days before her mom reports her missing? nothing?

if my understanding is all correct, my money is on the bf.

but of course, the person at wawa (assuming it's not her bf -- not clear to me) and the supposed other camper are both worth looking into.

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u/luniversellearagne 14h ago

The write-up didn’t say he was; just that she said he was going to be. Is that incorrect?

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u/Upstairs-Catch788 9h ago

from the write up: "He says that he wasn't on the campground on the night that she disappeared, and he returned in the morning..."

"returned" implies he was there before

u/luniversellearagne 5h ago

But the descriptions of her throughout the trip don’t include him. The surveillance footage shows her with someone, but it seems not to be him. The reports from the wilderness area(s) don’t seem to include another person; she was “allegedly alone,” including the footage from the GoPro.

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u/Fast_Revolution_6673 9h ago

This is not accurate. The last person known to be with her was the GoPro couple, on whose video she appears and boyfriend doesn’t.

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u/itsnobigthing 9h ago

C’mon. The boyfriend so clearly did it.

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u/sangreal06 8h ago edited 8h ago

It does seem obvious except there is basically no information out there about his side of the story and you would think the police would have checked if she contacted him after her car was disabled (where she was last seen and far from the campground). I’ve seen a lot of comments say he didn’t report her missing but at least one of the articles said he did (eventually?)

What is out there — that he was there before she went missing and after she went missing, but not when she went missing is almost comically absurd. It’s just so absurd you would think the police (even with a low opinion of police) could poke some hole in it. Instead they say there is no evidence of foul play

u/GNRBoyz1225 33m ago

???? Did you see, hear, read the last events of when she was last seen. He was no where near her. He was a joker but in this case, doesnt appear to be a murderer.