UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The family of a missing Northshore woman is asking for the community’s help in finding her.
Kimberly Marie Hazelwood, 23, of Nice has been missing since Sunday night, as Lake County News has reported.
Hazelwood’s mother told Lake County News on Wednesday evening that family had conducted a ground search for her earlier that day, and that sheriff’s officials were scheduled to search Thursday.
Her family is continuing to circulate fliers, such as the one that can be viewed below, asking for help in finding her.
Hazelwood is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. She has long brown hair to the middle of her back and brown eyes. She has been fighting cancer for some time and her family said she is in need of medical care.
Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of her disappearance at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, according to a Monday sheriff’s report.
Hazelwood was last seen by family members at a residence in the 10000 block of Rancheria Road near Upper Lake earlier that evening, at which time she was described as being emotionally distraught, the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff’s officials said her family members had found some of her clothing and personal belongings while searching for her nearby.
About a half hour before the sheriff’s office responded to the report of Hazelwood’s disappearance, Northshore Fire Protection District firefighters had been dispatched to the 9100 block of Bridge Arbor North on the report of a person in nearby Middle Creek, which was running at high levels due to recent rains.
Northshore Fire and REACH air ambulance searched the area down to the Rodman Slough, Fire Chief Jay Beristianos told Lake County News on Monday.
It was during that initial search that firefighters were notified of another person possibly being in the water about two miles north on Middle Creek. Beristianos said they weren’t sure at that point if they were dealing with two people or only one.
Based on a mapping of the creek, the chronology of the reports and the fact that no second person has so far been reported missing, it appears that both reports involved Hazelwood, who had disappeared by the time Northshore Fire was dispatched to Bridge Arbor North.
By Monday morning, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reported that it had taken over the search for Hazelwood with the aid of Lake County Search and Rescue, Mendocino County Search and Rescue, Willits Fire Department Swift Water Rescue Team, a California National Guard helicopter and aircrew from Mather Field and the California Department of Fish and Game.
The family asks that anyone who has information on her whereabouts call the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 707-263-2690, or her family at 707-245-2772, 707-900-1401 or 707-900-1946.
Community members interested in helping with the search also may contact the family at the listed phone numbers above.
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