66-year-old nurse remains missing days after vanishing on hike, California cops say
A 66-year-old traveling nurse visiting California remains missing after vanishing on a hike, sheriff’s officials reported.
A search continues for Ann Herford, who was reported missing on a trail near Arnold, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said in a Saturday, Nov. 18, news release.
She had “expressed interest in hiking during a breakfast with a friend” on Nov. 11, the sheriff’s office said, and someone reported seeing her near a trailhead.
Deputies responded Nov. 15 to the Arnold Rim Trail for a “reported missing person,” the sheriff’s office said.
Herford’s vehicle was found Nov. 15 at the Arnold Rim Trail trailhead, sheriff’s officials said. She was reported missing after not turning up for work at a hospital in Sonora.
“Our hearts went into our gut and we were starting to get really scared,” colleague Anna Wettengel told KOVR. Herford, a traveling nurse practitioner from Michigan, had been excited to visit California.
“When we met her, she had the biggest smile on her face,” Wettengel told KCRA. “She was super excited to come in and help out any way she could. She was amazing.”
Herford is an experienced day hiker but did not stay out after dark, her nephew, Brandon Neal, told the station.
“She wanted to take advantage of hiking and going to see the mountains up here,” Wettengel told KCRA.
A search Saturday, Nov. 18, for Herford included 120 searchers, five dog teams and aircraft, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said.
Officials ask that anyone with information call 209-754-6500.
Arnold is about 100 miles southeast of Sacramento.
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