OK OK - Faith Van Nortrick, 41, Sallisaw, 7 Aug 2004

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She was a good mother, her son said, until about 10 years ago. That's when everything changed.

Now the family of Faith Van Nortrick is trying to find their missing mom and daughter.

Her son, William Felter, 29, said, "She was all right until I was about 19 or 20. Then she changed."

Faith Van Nortrick, Felter said, became schizophrenic, and in 2004 she walked away from home in Hitchcock, Texas. The last place she was seen was in Sallisaw, where she was arrested on suspicion of being intoxicated. But police found she was not drunk, and she was released shortly after her arrest on Aug. 7, 2004.

No one has seen her since.

"She wasn't drunk," Felter said. "She doesn't like liquor."

http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/articles/2006/10/20/news/front6.txt
 
From the links above:

After she was booked, the police discovered that Van Nortrick was not, in fact, intoxicated. They contacted her family to come get her, but none of Van Nortrick's relatives were able to pick her up, so she was released and left to fend for herself.
Wow...that is so sad! Did her famliy "write her off", or was it unfortunate timing and she was released before someone could get there to pick her up? If the latter, why didn't LE let her stay until her ride could get there? Why was the family looking for her in 2006 (2 years later), IF they wrote her off? Guilt? Nostalgia? Questions about hereditary medical issues? What?!?

I don't understand family (and true friends) not looking out for each other. :( Also, seems like any good friend or neighbor would help someone out with picking her up from jail. :(
 
Faith Nortrick
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Missing Since08/07/2004

  • Missing From: Sallisaw, Oklahoma

  • Classification: Endangered Missing

  • Sex: Female

  • Race: White

  • Date of Birth: 10/19/1962 (59)

  • Age: 41 years old

  • Height and Weight: 5'3, 100 pounds

  • Medical Conditions: Van Nortrick suffers from schizophrenia.

  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, brown eyes. Some agencies spell Van Nortick's last name "VanNortrick." She is missing two of her upper teeth and wears a partial denture plate. Van Nortrick has freckles. She needs eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance
Van Nortrick was last seen in the vicinity of Chickasaw and Elm in Sallisaw, Oklahoma at 4:00 p.m. on August 7, 2004.

She had been reported missing a few days prior to this, after walking away from her home in Hitchcock, Texas when her son attempted to have her committed to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

In Sallisaw on August 7, Van Nortrick was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly after she began behaving erratically at a convenience store. The arresting offer noted that Van Nortrick's speech was slurred and her pupils were dilated. After she was booked, the police discovered that Van Nortrick was not, in fact, intoxicated.

They contacted her family and asked them to come and get her, but none of Van Nortrick's relatives were able to pick her up, so she was released and left to fend for herself. She has not been seen since her release from jail, nor has she been in touch with any of her loved ones.

Van Nortrick's relatives stated that although her schizophrenia caused her to wander, it was uncharacteristic of her to be out of contact with her family. She was not carrying any identification at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.

Sallisaw Police Department 918-775-4142
https://oklahomacoldcases.org/faith-nortrick
 

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