A new clue has been revealed on Thursday in the mysterious disappearance of a woman traveling through the Bay Area.
It has now been nearly a week since Angela Hernandez was last heard from during a trip from Portland to Southern California.
Now, we are learning about a possible sighting of her car.
She was last heard from on Friday. She contacted her family in Half Moon Bay.
On Monday night, her cell phone sent out signals near Davenport.
Now, we are learning her car may have been seen in the Carmel Highlands area of Monterey County.
At 7:54 a.m. Friday, 23-year-old Angela Hernandez sent a text message to one of her sisters saying “about to start driving.”
That’s the last her family heard from her.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office says her cell phone was traced to Davenport later that day and continued sending signals until Monday night.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office now says Angela’s car may have been captured on surveillance video from a gas station about 61 miles south of Davenport. The same day she went missing.
Her family says the video was taken at the Carmel Highlands General Store.
“We believe it was her car,” Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. John Thornburg said. “You know, we don’t have a plate, didn’t see her driving the car, so it’s not 100 percent, but we believe it was her car based on the information San Mateo was able to provide and we’ll continue to look.”
Angela drives a white 2011 Jeep Patriot with Oregon plates.
She was driving alone on a road trip from her home in Portland, Oregon to Lancaster in Southern California where she intended to attend a wedding.
Cmdr. Thornburg says a deputy is actively searching for Angela on the ground in the Carmel Highlands community.
The California Highway Patrol is also helping to search for her along the coast in a helicopter.
Angela’s family is also passing out missing person’s fliers along Highway 1.
“We’re focusing on the fact that we’re looking for a missing person,” Cmdr. Thornburg said. “We have no evidence to suggest that she is not alive. So, it’s a missing person case. We’re trying to locate the car. It’s the biggest thing to look for. It’s the easiest thing to locate. So, if we find that, we’ll go from there.”
Angela’s family is up from Southern California. They said they plan to stay up in Northern California for the next couple of days and look for their sister.
They say they don’t want to go back home without her.