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Betty Baxter Simmons, 75, of Berkeley, has not been seen since Sept. 5, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Simmons’ car was found abandoned on a remote logging road on Sept. 24.
Betty Baxter Simmons, 75, of Berkeley, has not been seen since Sept. 5, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Simmons’ car was found abandoned on a remote logging road on Sept. 24.
Photo: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Betty Baxter Simmons, 75, of Berkeley, has not been seen since Sept. 5, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Simmons’ car was found abandoned on a remote logging road on Sept. 24.
Betty Baxter Simmons, 75, of Berkeley, has not been seen since Sept. 5, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Simmons’ car was found abandoned on a remote logging road on Sept. 24.
Photo: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Humboldt County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the disappearance of a Berkeley woman whose car was found abandoned on a remote logging road.
A timber company employee found the vehicle on Snow Camp Road near Korbel on Sept. 24, the sheriff’s office stated in a news release. On its windshield was a note with instructions to “Tow to Berkeley.” There was no sign of the car’s owner, 75-year-old Betty Baxter Simmons.
Deputies investigating the incident found Simmons’ personal belongings inside the vehicle. They suspect the car became stuck while trying to turn around at a locked gate and may have been left there for “some time.”
Simmons reportedly was last seen around Sept. 5. According to deputies, she told a Berkeley neighbor at the time that she was planning a short trip. The neighbor told officers she had not returned.
Simmons is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, 156 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information about Simmons’ whereabouts is requested to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Mike Moffitt is an SFGATE Reporter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Mike_at_SFGate