Found Safe ID - Rochelle Griffin, 29, didn't return from casino, Coeur d’Alene, 4 Jun 2022

[GuyfromCanada]

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — The Benewah County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating a woman who has been missing for five days.

29-year-old Rochelle Griffin was last seen at the Coeur d’Alene Casino on June 4.

Griffin is about five foot five inches, 150 pounds, and has brown hair with blue eyes.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Griffin, please contact the Benewah County Sheriff’s Office or dial 911.

Missing woman last seen at Coeur d'Alene Casino on Saturday - KXLY

Rochelle GriffinCOEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — The Benewah County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating a woman who has been missing for five days. 29-year-old Rochelle Griffin was last seen at the Coeur d’Alene Casino on June 4. Griffin is about five foot five inches, 150 pounds, and has brown...

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[GuyfromCanada]

This is quite worrisome. Does Rochelle live in Coeur d’Alene or was she visiting? What time did she leave the casino? Was she alone? No mention of a car, did she have one?

 

[annpats]

Oh dear. I've read a few cases on here in the past about women going missing after visiting casinos.

I remain hopeful, BUT....five days is already a long time to be gone.

 

[GraceG]

The only record I had of her was a notice of an arrest 2 years ago, but nothing worrisome, small fine type of thing. Not likely related in any way. I do hope she is found. At the Courthouse - October 9, 2019

 

[SimplyCass]

Some missing posters circulating around...perhaps the most intriguing is from the Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, stating that Rochelle was in a rehab facility in Spokane, having left around May 11-17

Takeaways/questions:
1. What sort of rehab? A quick search of rehab facilities show all of them deal with substance or alcohol abuse. (others list specialties like opioids, dual diagnoses, or Medically Assisted Treatments). (RehabAid.com)
2. Why is the date range given for her leaving rehab a a full six days? Assuming it's an impatient facility, don't they have to formally 'check out'? Shouldn't there be a more precise date?
3. did someone accompany her out of the facility?'
4. If nobody did accompany her, how did she get to the casino? It's about 37 miles from Spokane, WA to Worley, ID. Did she have a car?
5. Where was she from May 11-17 to her last confirmed sighting at the casino on June 4? That's a gap of at least 19-25 days where we don't know her whereabouts.

 

[Navyblake]

I've been to this casino many times, it's a good little drive outside of actual Coeur d'Alene (they actually run free buses from Spokane at several stops back and forth for the old people blowing their social security) I'd say 30 minutes or so. It gets midsize comedians and singers and such.

It's literally the only thing in the middle of nowhere near Worley Idaho

You only go there to get fireworks or cheap smokes or go to the casino.

It's a safe area and state-of-the-art and all that so if she left it has to be on camera.

 

[Navyblake]

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Some missing posters circulating around...perhaps the most intriguing is from the Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, stating that Rochelle was in a rehab facility in Spokane, having left around May 11-17

Takeaways/questions:
1. What sort of rehab? A quick search of rehab facilities show all of them deal with substance or alcohol abuse. (others list specialties like opioids, dual diagnoses, or Medically Assisted Treatments). (RehabAid.com)
2. Why is the date range given for her leaving rehab a a full six days? Assuming it's an impatient facility, don't they have to formally 'check out'? Shouldn't there be a more precise date?
3. did someone accompany her out of the facility?'
4. If nobody did accompany her, how did she get to the casino? It's about 37 miles from Spokane, WA to Worley, ID. Did she have a car?
5. Where was she from May 11-17 to her last confirmed sighting at the casino on June 4? That's a gap of at least 19-25 days where we don't know her whereabouts.

It's a good sized casino/hotel resort on a two lane highway basically in the middle of nowhere.

Most patronage is from Spokane and I imagine a little Idaho as well.

0% chance she walked out of this place and is not on camera its surrounded by woods and Fields

 

[GraceG]

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Some missing posters circulating around...perhaps the most intriguing is from the Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, stating that Rochelle was in a rehab facility in Spokane, having left around May 11-17

Takeaways/questions:
1. What sort of rehab? A quick search of rehab facilities show all of them deal with substance or alcohol abuse. (others list specialties like opioids, dual diagnoses, or Medically Assisted Treatments). (RehabAid.com)
2. Why is the date range given for her leaving rehab a a full six days? Assuming it's an impatient facility, don't they have to formally 'check out'? Shouldn't there be a more precise date?
3. did someone accompany her out of the facility?'
4. If nobody did accompany her, how did she get to the casino? It's about 37 miles from Spokane, WA to Worley, ID. Did she have a car?
5. Where was she from May 11-17 to her last confirmed sighting at the casino on June 4? That's a gap of at least 19-25 days where we don't know her whereabouts.

Many of the rehab facilities during COVID offered a modified outpatient/inpatient format where the patient attends intensive treatment sessions, psychological treatment (as needed), and regular drug/alcohol screenings at the treatment facility during the day but returns home the rest of the time. I have known of some patients that were required to be in treatment as part of their probation agreements that were cleared to not attend for several days due to a family emergency/death etc. which might make the actual window of return vary by a few days but that is usually closely monitored. Just a possibility. Without knowing what type of program she is in that's just informational only.

 

[SimplyCass]

I've been to this casino many times, it's a good little drive outside of actual Coeur d'Alene (they actually run free buses from Spokane at several stops back and forth for the old people blowing their social security) I'd say 30 minutes or so. It gets midsize comedians and singers and such.

It's literally the only thing in the middle of nowhere near Worley Idaho

You only go there to get fireworks or cheap smokes or go to the casino.

It's a safe area and state-of-the-art and all that so if she left it has to be on camera.

I see. I forgot about that some casinos run shuttles to take people to and from places (where I live, I could board a shuttle to head to a casino about 100 miles away.)

Something really interesting is that the initial released photos were all family ones - no CCTV footage or 'last seen' images. They were also 'full photos' - no attempt to redact or crop out the other people in them. Two photos featured a young girl (daughter or niece, I would assume) while the third one seems to be an older photo, possibly outdated - it showed "class of 2020" and she had colored her hair purple.

I had another concern with her being in rehab and then last seen at a casino (with alcohol, gambling) - but again, since we don't know what type of rehab, it may mean nothing at all.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Good news! Rochelle was found safe! The article is behind a paywall, but this is the part that is visible.

Missing woman located in Airway Heights

The Benewah County Sheriff's Department announced a woman who went missing in June was found safe Tuesday morning.

www.gazetterecord.com

The Benewah County Sheriff's Department announced a woman who went missing in June was found safe Tuesday morning.

Undersheriff Tyler Morris reported the Kalispel Tribal Police found Rochelle Griffin in the early morning hours of August 2, at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Wash.