Presumed Located CA - Rachele K. Kirk, 26, La Habra, 28 Aug 2010

Woman missing after argument with dad

LA HABRA – Police seek the public's help in finding a 26-year-old woman who vanished after an argument with her father.
Rachele K. Kirk of Escondido was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Saturday walking through the Wal-Mart parking lot in the 1300 block of South Beach Boulevard, said Cindy Knapp, a spokeswoman for the La Habra Police Department.
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Kirk suffers from schizophrenia. ......Kirk has been off her medication for about two months.
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Kirk is described as Chinese, 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 180 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray and black striped shirt, gray slacks and carrying a small pink purse.
Police said they searched for Kirk and alerted surrounding agencies, but she has not been seen since.
Detective Paul McPhillis said there has been no activity on her bank account, credit card or cell phone.
Anyone who may have seen Kirk is asked to call the La Habra Police Department at 562-905-9705 or detective Paul McPhillips at 562-905-9761.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/kirk-264460-argument-police.html

Rachel is 26, but she seems far younger in her blog posts. There are only 2 from last year, but you can see her maturity level and her interests. You can also see that she is interested in a specific boy, doesn't get along with her family, and suggests that she might run away. Obviously, a year old blog has nothing to do with today, but it still speaks to her relationship with her family and her willingness to 'rebel' and runaway. My worry is that if she didn't run away, there is very little anyone will do to search for her as a grown woman.
Oh, I got Rachele's blog site by searching her yahoo email address listed at the bottom of her FB account. On another note, she's been missing for 2 full days now and she only has 27 friends on FB. None of them have even mentioned that she is missing.
http://www.facebook.com/friends/?id=100000819851502#!/profile.php?id=100000819851502
http://www.blurty.com/users/rachelefranz/

La Habra police spokeswoman Cindy Knapp said Rachele K. Kirk had been in Whittier visiting with family when they decided to go shopping at Walmart, 1340 South Beach Boulevard in La Habra.

Kirk argued with her father and walked off, according to Knapp. She was last seen about 2:30 p.m. heading westbound through the parking lot.

At the time, Knapp said family members thought Kirk had simply walked off to calm down. When she didn't return several hours later, relatives called police and filed a missing person report.



Read more: La Habra Police seek leads in missing woman case - Whittier Daily News http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_15955823#ixzz0yHonQamM

Facebook page for Rachele. Her brother states she had been of her meds for schizophrenia for a couple of months prior to her missing.

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?...roup.php?gid=143160892387542&v=wall&ref=share

Rachele's facebook page. She appeared to be an avid game player until June 23th which lines up with the brother's story about the meds perhaps...

http://www.facebook.com/branden.kirk#!/profile.php?id=100000819851502&v=wall&ref=search

I found her Xanga blog through Facebook, which was updated in May.

It seems like she was living in a halfway house a few months ago. She talks a lot about running away and her family being too controlling.

http://danceatmidnight.xanga.com/ Please edit if this is not okay to post.

From her FB "Missing" page:

Jason Kalani Kirk UPDATE: After meeting with detectives, its known that Rachele withdrew money from a Chase bank in Norwalk yesterday and a lady is 99% sure she came into contact with her here in La Habra today.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?g...7542&v=wall&story_fbid=144226552280976&ref=mf

as per facebook page, she has been found and is with family.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143160892387542#!/group.php?gid=143160892387542&v=wall

https://www.facebook.com/groups/143160892387542

Per Brother's post from October 5th, 2010, she was found safe.

Also found her current FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002124835043

thank goodness she's alright!

A good outcome! :woohoo: