37-year-old Ingrid Coleen Lane.Photo:Sandoval County Sheriffâs Office
Sandoval County Sheriffâs Office
New Mexico authorities are searching for a 37-year-old woman who they saydisappearedin a remote area of the state last month.
Friends and family — including twin sister Kelsey and their mother, Rebecca — haven’t heard from Lane since the previous Friday, when the former spoke to her sister on the phone.
“It’s a mystery that keeps deepening," Scuderi told the station.
Results of a canine search “indicated that the subject had probably spent time in the area south and east of the vehicle, but no direction of travel out of the area was detected. The search was suspended Friday night pending further investigation.”
On Saturday, Oct. 21, the police said two hunters “had assisted Ingrid the previous weekend at the vehicle location. They reported that she had declined a ride out of the area and indicated that she planned to hike further up FR 144 to see if she could get a ride further up the road.”
The authorities added, “That was the last confirmed sighting.“Representatives with the Albuquerque Police Department and New Mexico State Police did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for additional details.
The family has set up aGoFundMeso that they can utilize a helicopter in their own search, since the efforts of multiple agencies have not yet resulted in Lane’s return home.
“The area is high elevation, forested, remote and beyond cell phone range, but popular with hunters and outdoor recreationists. A local sheriff told me, ‘This is an easy area to get lost in,' " she added.
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Because authorities do not suspect foul play, Lane’s mother believes her daughter’s health issues may have come into play.
“She struggled because of her lungs,” she told KOAT. “I’ve said, ‘Please, please take time to just rest and catch up.’ She had to struggle so hard at birth. I don’t know if she ever got a chance to learn how to read her body as well as she should and find the rest when it’s needed and take time.”
Her family members told KOB that Lane also struggles with mental health. But they believe she was making plans for the future.
“I don’t think that she went into the mountains not planning to come back,” her sister said.
source: people.com
