Found Alive FL - Anu Awasthi, adult, mom & wife, missing from Walmart area, Oldsmar, 10 Aug 2023

[imstilla.grandma]

OLDSMAR, Fla. (WFTS) — As cars moved along Tampa Road Sunday, family and friends of Anu Awasthi stopped those cars, handing out a missing persons flier.

"Currently, it's been devastating. It's been hard on all of us, but we're still trying to keep a positive mindset to try to somehow find her," said her youngest son Rohan.

Saturday, we first introduced you to Anu's husband and kids; and their desperate plea to have her back.

She went missing Thursday after abruptly leaving the hair salon. Her last sighting was on surveillance video near the parking lot, about 10 minutes after her husband dropped her off.

"We initiated with some fliers and just trying to retrace steps and think, 'Okay, where could she have walked by? Who could have seen her?'," said neighbor Lorie Tomlinson.

"There are patient lines I've been calling, looking around at all hospitals in the area's emergency rooms, urgent cares, Baker Act receiving facilities. So far, no hits," said neighbor Danielle Eldridge.

The family's main concern is about Anu's mental health. She's been battling depression since her father died a couple of months ago.

The message from the crowd Sunday and every other search day: Anu is loved and supported.

"It's heartwarming to see all the people rallying around this family who are just good, good people and deserve and need the support right now," said Tomlinson.

Family and friends hold vigil for missing Tampa mom and wife

Anu Awasthi went missing Thursday from the Oldsmar Wal-Mart near Tampa Road. Tonight a vigil was held with friends and family.

www.abcactionnews.com

“We’re very worried about our mom,” Varun said. “She’s not in the best mental health. We really miss her. We hope she’s OK and we just want to do everything we can to find her.”

Vikas said he has been checking his wife’s credit card, but there have been no hits since Thursday.

The family is sharing updates on the search on the “Help us find Anu Awasthi” Facebook page.

If you saw Anu Awasthi in the area by the Oldsmar Walmart Thursday morning or have information to help bring her home, call 911 or the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office at 727-582-6200.

‘We’re very worried’: Family asking for public’s help to locate Tampa mother who vanished in Oldsmar

A Tampa family is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing mother who vanished Thursday in Oldsmar.

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[arielilane]

Where is #missing #Tampa mother Anu Awasthi? Her husband, sons and friends are desperate to find her after she vanished Thursday morning at Oldsmar CVS on Tampa Road near a Walmart just after 10am.
@SheriffPinellas deputies are investigating. https://wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/were-very-worried-family-asking-for-publics-help-to-locate-tampa-mother-who-vanished-in-oldsmar/

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'We're very worried': Family asking for public's help to locate Tampa mother who vanished in Oldsmar |
@WFLAJustin reports. http://bit.ly/3qkDeJC

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[arielilane]

Family asks for help locating missing Tampa mother

Anu Awasthi went missing Thursday morning. Since then, her family and friends have worked tirelessly to locate her.

www.abcactionnews.com

last updated 11:50 AM, Aug 13, 2023


"She'd made the schedule because she wanted to get ready for the boys coming next week. So I dropped her off there. When I came back, the stylist told me that she had walked away. That was such a shock," Vikas said. [...]


The family is still going down any avenue they can to get answers. They ask anyone who has been in the Tampa Road area near Oldsmar since 10 A.M. Thursday to try to recall if they saw her. They're especially looking for people with dashcam footage on their cars. [...]


If you have any leads, contact the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Call 911 if you have an immediate sighting. Call 727-582-6200 if you have useful information.

 

[swanniee11]

Husband posted this

Help us find Anu Awasthi

Help us find Anu Awasthi, Tampa, Florida. 353 likes · 1,573 talking about this. Anu Awasthi, beloved wife and mother, resident of Westchase in Tampa. Missing since 8/10/23.

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[arielilane]

Family, Tampa community desperate to find missing mother of 2 children

Anu Awasthi was last seen leaving a Walmart in Oldsmar on Thursday morning.

www.wtsp.com

Updated: 5:46 PM EDT August 14, 2023

TAMPA, Fla. — The family of a Tampa mother said they're desperately searching for her after she vanished on Thursday night.

Anu Awasthi was last seen leaving a Walmart just past 10 a.m. on Tampa Road in Oldsmar.

 

[arielilane]

Family asks for help locating missing Tampa mother

Anu Awasthi went missing Thursday morning. Since then, her family and friends have worked tirelessly to locate her.

www.abcactionnews.com

last updated 11:50 AM, Aug 13, 2023


"She'd made the schedule because she wanted to get ready for the boys coming next week. So I dropped her off there. When I came back, the stylist told me that she had walked away. That was such a shock," Vikas said. [...]


The family is still going down any avenue they can to get answers. They ask anyone who has been in the Tampa Road area near Oldsmar since 10 A.M. Thursday to try to recall if they saw her. They're especially looking for people with dashcam footage on their cars. [...]


If you have any leads, contact the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Call 911 if you have an immediate sighting. Call 727-582-6200 if you have useful information.

This article mentioned the loss of Anu's father. Losing a parent is never easy. It's something that stays with you and at the time of the loss you feel a bit of yourself... your own identity is gone too. moo

From the article:

"While fine on the outside, Anu was struggling on the inside. Her father passed earlier this summer. Anu's family says she struggled to cope with his death, ultimately getting a depression diagnosis."

 

[LauraAnne]

The top she was wearing is very eye-catching - it seems if she showed up on any video beyond the CVS, she'd be very easy to spot. Prayers she is somehow found safe.

 

[swanniee11]

I was reading that she was dropped off at a hair salon, then a siting at Walmart. For those who don't know, there is a hair salon inside the Walmart called Smart Style hair salon. Address is 3801 Tampa Rd Oldsmar FL, there are a lot of businesses and banks etc around that are, I would think camaras as well IMO. FYI, I'm not from there, I googled

 

[arielilane]

Family and friends hold vigil for missing Tampa mom and wife

Anu Awasthi went missing Thursday from the Oldsmar Wal-Mart near Tampa Road. Tonight a vigil was held with friends and family.

www.abcactionnews.com

last updated 4:39 AM, Aug 14, 2023

OLDSMAR, Fla. — As cars moved along Tampa Road Sunday, family and friends of Anu Awasthi stopped those cars, handing out a missing persons flier.

"Currently, it's been devastating. It's been hard on all of us, but we're still trying to keep a positive mindset to try to somehow find her," said her youngest son Rohan.

 

[arielilane]

HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Anu Awasthi was last seen leaving a Walmart in Oldsmar on Thursday morning. Her husband, two sons, and loved ones in the community are desperately searching for her. Contact the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office if you have any information. We'll have more details on-air at 11 p.m. and online on 10 Tampa Bay Visit Help us find Anu Awasthi for more information and updates as well.

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[megs1477]

This is unnerving...I used to shop at that wal-mart when I lived in Tampa. I would go at 2-3am when there were no crowds because it was "safe".

Family of missing mother searches for answers after she disappears from Oldsmar Walmart

A mother of two has been missing since Thursday after her husband dropped her off at a Walmart in Oldsmar.

www.fox13news.com

"And, I asked the salon person, and she said, ‘yes, she walked out right after you,’" her husband said.

That statement was confirmed by staff at both Walmart and the nearby CVS, Vikas Awasthi said. He told FOX 13 the two stores allowed him to view their surveillance video, which showed his wife making her way to Tampa Road shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday.

"And then she disappears from view. And that's the last confirmation thing we have," Vikas Awasthi said.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Family offering $5K for photos, videos showing Pinellas County woman before disappearance

Anu Awasthi walked out of the hair salon at the Oldsmar Walmart around 10 a.m. last Thursday, walked past the CVS and hasn't been seen since.

www.wtsp.com

OLDSMAR, Fla. — The family of Anu Awasthi is now offering a $5,000 reward for anyone with a photo or video of the missing woman after she left the Oldsmar Walmart on Tampa Road and walked passed the nearby CVS last Thursday.

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"We would be most grateful if everybody would scan their dashcam feeds and find that clip and send that in," Vikas Awasthi said.
Their hope is the photos or videos will provide more information about the direction Anu walked in, and where she ultimately went.

Vikas is hoping and praying his wife has found safe shelter, possibly at a mental health facility.

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Search organizer Billy Lane explained crews have been "walking a lot of wood lines."

"We've been breaking brush through a lot of the wooded areas, swampy, wooded areas." Lane said.

Volunteers are also bringing drones to the area on Wednesday to continue the search by air.

Moreover, on Tuesday, a separate volunteer search crew called Sunshine State Sonar scanned nearby bodies of water for any signs of Anu. Neither group has turned up any strong leads.

If you think you may have a photo or video of Anu Awasthi from Thursday morning, leaving Walmart around 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., you can share it with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. If confirmed that it's her, you will get that $5,000 reward.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

"Anu lost her father a little more than two months back," Vikas Awasthi said. "She actually started feeling deep sadness and depression."

Meanwhile, We Are The Essentials, which is a local volunteer search agency made up of retired military personnel and law enforcement, has spent the past two days searching the Walmart area and miles beyond.

Search organizer Billy Lane explained crews have been "walking a lot of wood lines."

"We've been breaking brush through a lot of the wooded areas, swampy, wooded areas." Lane said.

Family offering $5K for photos, videos showing Pinellas County woman before disappearance

Anu Awasthi walked out of the hair salon at the Oldsmar Walmart around 10 a.m. last Thursday, walked past the CVS and hasn't been seen since.

www.wtsp.com

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 16, 2023

Missing Oldsmar woman's family offers $5K reward for video of missing mom

The family of a missing Oldsmar woman is now offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who has dashcam or other video footage providing insight on where Anu Awasthi went.

www.fox13news.com

[...]

"They can call the police lines and submit their videos," the family said in a Tuesday Facebook post. "If the police tell us the video is genuine, we will reward $5,000."

[...]

In another Facebook post on Tuesday, the family reported that the detective assigned to the case "has been with us all day today and has been diligently gathering and reviewing CCTV footage from multiple stores and businesses in the area. He has also been following up with bus drivers and bus cameras, as well as pursuing other leads."

Additionally, the Awasthi family reported that the nonprofit search and recovery group We Are The Essentials had volunteered their experience and expertise to help find Anu.

"They have been searching the forests and lakes in the areas that Anu was last seen, and are at it as we speak," the family wrote on Tuesday morning.

[...]

 

[Inthedetails]

This article mentioneIfd the loss of Anu's father. Losing a parent is never easy. It's something that stays with you and at the time of the loss you feel a bit of yourself... your own identity is gone too. moo

From the article:

"While fine on the outside, Anu was struggling on the inside. Her father passed earlier this summer. Anu's family says she struggled to cope with his death, ultimately getting a depression diagnosis."

So true! Grief is so, so hard. I remember the absolute shock that the world kept turning after I lost a loved one. That everyone was living life was almost as difficult to bear as the loss of a loved one. I think of grief as it's an entity, it has an existence of its own and it grabs you for as long as it wants.

I hesitate to say this because it sounds cliche and trite, but I can honestly say I'm a better person having gone through grief. You do come out the other side, you really do. And you grow in compassion for others going through grief.

If anyone is in the midst of grief right now, I see you. I get it. You're not alone.

I worry about beautiful Anu.

jmo

 

[arielilane]

I was reading that she was dropped off at a hair salon, then a siting at Walmart. For those who don't know, there is a hair salon inside the Walmart called Smart Style hair salon. Address is 3801 Tampa Rd Oldsmar FL, there are a lot of businesses and banks etc around that are, I would think camaras as well IMO. FYI, I'm not from there, I googled

Curious what the banks' cctv show if anything. moo

 

[arielilane]

The family of #missing Anu Awasthi is offering a $5000 reward for anyone with dashcam or other video of her. From Facebook: “They can call the police lines and submit their videos. If the police tell us the video is genuine, we will reward $5000.” https://wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/were-very-worried-family-asking-for-publics-help-to-locate-tampa-mother-who-vanished-in-oldsmar/amp/ @WFLAJB

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[azure]

This is unnerving...I used to shop at that wal-mart when I lived in Tampa. I would go at 2-3am when there were no crowds because it was "safe".

Sadly I think whatever happened to Anu was a product of her grief and not violence from a stranger.

 

[Inthedetails]

Curious what the banks' cctv show if anything. moo

It's odd that plenty of video isn't helpful, so it seems??

jmo

 

[browning]

I live in the area, there are a lot of cameras that should provide good information.