Found Safe NV - Michelle Richan, 47, was traveling to Utah, Eureka County, 19 Mar 2019

[cybervampira]

Eureka County Sheriff’s Office

Missing Person

Michelle Richan • Age 47
5’5” 145lbs, Green eyes, Purple Hair

Michelle was last seen on 03-19-2019, in Eureka, Nevada around 730am.

Michelle was set to travel to Brigham City, UT in her Beige 2000 GMC Jimmy, Utah License Plate 2C5JW.
Michelle never arrived at her destination.

If you have any information on the location of Michelle, please contact the Eureka County Sheriff’s Office.

Case # 1903-0010



Authorities seek public's help in locating missing woman who was traveling to Utah

 

[cybervampira]

Corner Canyon Investigations

**MISSING PERSON URGENT** PLEASE SHARE**

BOLO Nevada and Utah.
Michelle Richan has bright purple hair and drives a 2000 gold/tan GMC Jimmy Envoy. Utah in God we trust plate # 2C5JW.

She was last seen in Eureka, Nevada on Tuesday 3/19. Last activity on her phone was at 12:49pm 3/19. She was expected back in the Brigham City/Tremonton Utah area Tuesday afternoon/evening and expected to return to work Wednesday morning 3/20.

She usually travels on Hwy 278 to Carlin, interstate 80 to oasis, Hwy 233 changes to Hwy 30 at the state line to Snowville. This is the way she usually took but she could be anywhere.

last time she was in the area she stopped at the Chevron gas station 1014 Fir Street, Carlin Nevada and the TA Truck Stop 1440 6th Street, Wells, NV. If you were in the area on 3/19 please look closely at the photos.

If anyone has seen her or her vehicle please call her daughter Leslie 435-230-3360, Michelle Palmer at 801-859-1400 or Box Elder County Sheriff's Dept 435-734-3800 or Eureka County, NV Sheriff's Dept 775-327-5330

Nevada authorities ask for help finding missing woman bound for Utah

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 20, 2019
https://ksltv.com/410379/brigham-city-woman-missing-not-seen-since-tuesday-morning/

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...last seen about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, before leaving her boyfriend’s house in Nevada to head home to Utah.

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Eureka County Undersheriff James Clark told KSL Richan had no known medical issues, and there was nothing suspicious about the case at this point.

Clark said Richan had a cell phone with her, but they’ve been unsuccessful in pinging it.

“It’s hard to say (why) with the distance that she was traveling. That’s at the very best a six-hour drive,” Clark said. “Many things can happen to a cell phone in that time.”

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[doodles1211]

MAR 20, 2019
https://ksltv.com/410379/brigham-city-woman-missing-not-seen-since-tuesday-morning/

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...last seen about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, before leaving her boyfriend’s house in Nevada to head home to Utah.

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Eureka County Undersheriff James Clark told KSL Richan had no known medical issues, and there was nothing suspicious about the case at this point.

Clark said Richan had a cell phone with her, but they’ve been unsuccessful in pinging it.

“It’s hard to say (why) with the distance that she was traveling. That’s at the very best a six-hour drive,” Clark said. “Many things can happen to a cell phone in that time.”

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Hopefully, she is seen on camera somewhere, anywhere, getting gas/snacks, something to show that she did indeed leave bf's house.

 

[Darling136]

There is an update posted yesterday, telling she is on video as of 19/03 in Carlin.
https://m.facebook.com/784489661757476/posts/937739509765823?sfns=mo

 

[PommyMommy]

They still have a lot of ground to cover.
Carlin NV to Brigham City/Trementon, UT: Google Maps

MAR 19 7:30 a.m. - last seen in Eureka, NV
MAR 19 11:30 a.m. - on video in Carlin, NV
Intended destination, Brigham City/Trementon, UT
Google Maps

 

[TatianaBarbie]

They still have a lot of ground to cover.
Carlin NV to Brigham City/Trementon, UT: Google Maps

MAR 19 7:30 a.m. - last seen in Eureka, NV
MAR 19 11:30 a.m. - on video in Carlin, NV
Intended destination, Brigham City/Trementon, UT
Google Maps

Thanks @PommyMommy for the map and the times seen. It is interesting that if she left Eureka at 7:30 am, she would have arrived in Carlin at about 8:54 am, yet she was still in Carlin, NV 2 and 1/2 hours later. Also interesting is the fact that LE said her last activity on the phone was at 12:49 pm, over an hour after she was last seen on video in Carlin, NV. If she had started driving on I-80 right after being seen on video, she should have been between Wells, NV and Oasis, NV. I hope they are able to locate where Michelle was during her last phone activity.

 

[TatianaBarbie]

I just found this new information:

Search continues for missing Brigham City mom last seen in Nevada

About 50 people have joined a private investigation agency looking on the ground and in the air for Richan.

Surveillance footage from two security cameras show Richan stopping for gas in Carlin Nevada, then leaving Eastward on I-80.

An hour or so later, RIchan is seen on surveillance video at a gas station in a town called Wells, right off of I-80 — the main road back to Utah.

BBM

So now they have video at another location--Wells, NV. They did not give the time of that video sighting, just "an hour or so later."

 

[JerseyGirl]

Family grows concerned after Utah woman remains missing for nearly one week

 

[Darling136]

I just found this new information:

Search continues for missing Brigham City mom last seen in Nevada


BBM

So now they have video at another location--Wells, NV. They did not give the time of that video sighting, just "an hour or so later."

Here is a time stated, 12.30pm
Corner Canyon Investigations

 

[PommyMommy]

I just found this new information:

Search continues for missing Brigham City mom last seen in Nevada

BBM

So now they have video at another location--Wells, NV. They did not give the time of that video sighting, just "an hour or so later."

Excellent - the more video the better!

MAR 19 7:30 a.m. - last seen in Eureka, NV
MAR 19 11:30 a.m. - on video at Chevron in Carlin, NV
MAR 19 12:30 p.m. - on video at Love's in Wells, NV
MAR 19, 12:49 p.m. - last phone activity
Intended destination, Brigham City/Trementon, UT

Google Maps

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 23, 2019
Interactive Map: The search for missing Utah woman, Michelle Richan

Family shares new information about missing Box Elder woman | Gephardt Daily
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Daughter KV told Gephardt Daily, “She didn’t suffer from any mental illness and wasn’t on any drugs or medication. If she was physically capable she would have found a way to communicate with us.”

KV said her mom “has survival skills and carries at all times in her vehicle survival gear…. She would have fully charged her phone before she left because she was always prepared.”

The last activity on Richin’s phone was at 12:49 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Eureka County (Nev.) Sheriff’s Office.

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MP, of Corner Canyon Investigations, is a friend of the family and has volunteered her services to help find Richan.

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KV said the video is helpful because now they know that her mother made it to Carlin and was wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.

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Richan filled her vehicle’s gas tank in Carlin, “so she could have made it into Utah,” Leslie said, but she thinks it’s more likely that her mother only got an hour or so out of Carlin.

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(Names changed to initials by me)

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 26, 2019
Update: Brigham City police now lead investigation as search for Michelle Richan expands | Gephardt Daily

This photo from surveillance video shows Michelle Richan when she stopped to buy gas on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Screen shot courtesy of Michelle Palmer, Corner Canyon Investigations

The search for missing Brigham City woman Michelle Richan is now a joint effort between the Brigham City Police Department and the Elko, Nevada, Sheriff’s Office.

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It’s now known that Richan stopped for gas in Carlin, Nevada, and again, at 12:30 p.m. March 19, in Wells.

The last activity on Richan’s phone was at 12:49 p.m. March 19, according to the Eureka County (Nev.) Sheriff’s Office.

Palmer said there was a possible sighting of Richan’s tan/beige 2000 GMC Jimmy in Montello, Nevada, which is about an hour’s drive east of Wells.

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[PommyMommy]

FOUND SAFE! Her vehicle was spotted by air, rescue crews are with her now, and they will update soon with more information.
Corner Canyon Investigations

She was located in Box Elder County, UT and is being reunited with family shortly.
Eureka County Sheriff’s Office

 

[cybervampira]

Wow, didn’t expect that!

 

[PommyMommy]

Missing Utah woman found safe in Box Elder County, Nevada officials say
A Utah woman who was reported missing in Nevada last week was located safe in Box Elder County, Nevada authorities said Tuesday.

Eureka County sheriff's officials said Michelle Richan, 47, was located safe and was going to be reunited with her family shortly. Details about where she had been for the last week and how she was found weren't immediately released.

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[TatianaBarbie]

Missing Utah woman found safe in Box Elder County, Nevada officials say
A Utah woman who was reported missing in Nevada last week was located safe in Box Elder County, Nevada authorities said Tuesday.

Eureka County sheriff's officials said Michelle Richan, 47, was located safe and was going to be reunited with her family shortly. Details about where she had been for the last week and how she was found weren't immediately released.

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I'm so happy she has been found! I'm glad people (family, LE) took this disappearance seriously, and got video camera evidence of where she had been. From reading the title of the linked article, I thought Nevada had a Box Elder County, but it is only in Utah:

Google Maps

 

[PommyMommy]

I'm so happy she has been found! I'm glad people (family, LE) took this disappearance seriously, and got video camera evidence of where she had been. From reading the title of the linked article, I thought Nevada had a Box Elder County, but it is only in Utah:

Google Maps

Good catch. The media strikes again, lol! At least the Sheriff's office got it right (see post 14). MOO

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 27, 2019
Missing BC Woman Found alive
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A state road crew worker discovered Richan with her vehicle, which had become stuck in treacherous, muddy conditions on Immigrant Trail Road, in Box Elder County south of Park Valley.

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Throughout the weeklong search since she was reported missing on March 20, friends and family members had described Richan as someone who would have been well-prepared for some kind of emergency, with necessary survival gear. Ferdberder confirmed such was the case.

“She had plenty of food and water to survive. She had or was in process of building a fire to stay warm.”

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Immigrant Trail Road, according to Ferdberder’s information, is a less-traveled backroad running between State Route 30 and Kelton. Road crews were preparing for post-winter grading of the road when they discovered Richan.

Palmer said a private-citizen airplane pilot who was assisting in the search saw Richan’s vehicle from his plane Tuesday and was able to alert the road crewman who then established contact.

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Ferdberder said about 150 such volunteers had contributed to the search since it began, “out looking, driving roads between here and Nevada to see if they can see anything, a vehicle crashed off the roadway, anything along those lines,” in a search area he described simply as “huge.”

Another obstacle in the search were the same wet, muddy conditions of backroads that led to Richan’s disappearance in the first place.

Ferdberder said Richan did right to remain with her vehicle — as long as she was equipped with stores and gear to do so.

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[Vail]

Wow that was a super-remote shortcut. She is so fortunate to have been found alive and healthy!