Smithville police are investigating the disappearance of a woman who has gone missing after officials say she didn't report to work at her job at a Bastrop fast food restaurant.
Officials said 25-year-old Christine Mohler of Smithville, a cashier at the Bastrop KFC at Chestnut and Texas 95, has been officially listed as "missing" since Thursday, Aug. 7, though family members say she's been out of touch for more than a week.
"She supposedly lived with her parents in Smithville, but had been staying with someone in Bastrop," said Detective Jad Hubbard with the Smithville Police Department. "We're following up on some leads, and we've put her in the (Texas Department of Public Safety) missing persons database."
Officials say it's unknown whether she disappeared of her own accord or whether foul play was involved, but her cousin, Doyle Sullivent, says he fears she's in trouble.
"It's just not like her to leave without telling anyone," Sullivent lamented. "She's the type of person who tells her mom everything, whether it's bad or good."
Sullivent said Mohler doesn't own a car and that her purse and ID had been left behind at the residence at which she was staying.
Sullivent, a concealed handgun license instructor and Gonzales County EMT from Rosanky, has been organizing a grassroots effort, handing out fliers and posting on social media outlets, to find his cousin since she failed to report to work last week. The EMT invites people to contact him through his unlocked Facebook page at facebook.com/doyle.sullivent or contact him on his cell phone at 512-988-0916 if they have any information about Mohler's whereabouts.
"I'm going to keep myself out there and hope that we find her, one way or another," Sullivent said. "The more you get the word out there, the better the chance you have. It's when you sit back and do nothing that you find out they've been dead for 20 years."
Sullivent says he's hoping that anyone with details will step forward and "do the right thing."
"It's time for some people to just come forward and do what's right," Sullivent posted on his Facebook page on Monday. "It's not about your lifestyle or past problems. This is about possibly saving a life. Please stand up and do the right thing. Contact the Smithville Police Department if you have seen her or know where she might (be)."
Hubbard said there wasn't much the police could do if Mohler had simply hit the road on a whim.
"There have been some sightings, supposedly, but she's 25 years old," the detective said. "There will be a note on her driver's license that she's missing if she's pulled over. If she's found and she says she's not in trouble, that's the end of it."
Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/smithville-woman-reported-missing/ngzxS/
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